Motorcycle helmet use to reduce road traffic deaths in Thailand

Affiliations

¹ Department of Epidemiology, University of California, Los Angeles Fielding School of Public Health, 650 Charles E Young Dr S, Los Angeles, California 90095, United States of America.
² Bureau of Noncommunicable Diseases, Ministry of Public Health, Nonthaburi, Thailand.
³ The Partnership Project for Global Health and Universal Health Coverage, Japan International Cooperation Agency, Bangkok, Thailand.
⁴ Faculty of Medicine, University of Tsukuba, Tsukuba, Japan.
⁵ World Health Organization Collaborating Centre for Injury Prevention and Safety Promotion, Khon Kaen Regional Hospital, Khon Kaen, Thailand.
⁶ Institute of Global Health Policy Research, National Center for Global Health and Medicine, Tokyo, Japan.
⁷ Department of Health Education and Behavioral Sciences, Mahidol University, Bangkok, Thailand.

Editorial

Akihiro Nishi et al. Bull World Health Organ. 2018.

. 2018 Aug 1;96(8):514-514A.

doi: 10.2471/BLT.18.215509.

¹ Department of Epidemiology, University of California, Los Angeles Fielding School of Public Health, 650 Charles E Young Dr S, Los Angeles, California 90095, United States of America.
² Bureau of Noncommunicable Diseases, Ministry of Public Health, Nonthaburi, Thailand.
³ The Partnership Project for Global Health and Universal Health Coverage, Japan International Cooperation Agency, Bangkok, Thailand.
⁴ Faculty of Medicine, University of Tsukuba, Tsukuba, Japan.
⁵ World Health Organization Collaborating Centre for Injury Prevention and Safety Promotion, Khon Kaen Regional Hospital, Khon Kaen, Thailand.
⁶ Institute of Global Health Policy Research, National Center for Global Health and Medicine, Tokyo, Japan.
⁷ Department of Health Education and Behavioral Sciences, Mahidol University, Bangkok, Thailand.

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