Road traffic injury mortality and its mechanisms in India: nationally representative mortality survey of 1.1 million homes

Hsiao, Marvin; K. Malhotra, Ajai; Thakur, JS; Sheth, Jay; B. Nathens, Avery; Dhingra, Neeraj; Jha, Prabhat; the Million Death Study Collaborators, for

doi:10.1136/bmjopen-2013-002621

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Road traffic injury mortality and its mechanisms in India: nationally representative mortality survey of 1.1 million homes

Published in BMJ Open • Aug 1, 2013

Authors:

Marvin Hsiao

Ajai K. Malhotra

JS Thakur

Abstract

OBJECTIVES: To quantify and describe the mechanism of road traffic injury (RTI) deaths in India. DESIGN: We conducted a nationally representative mortality survey where at least two physicians coded each non-medical field staff's verbal autopsy reports. RTI mechanism data were extracted from the nar...

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Medicine

Environmental health

Epidemiology

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