The importance of poisoning vs. road traffic injuries as a cause of death in rural Sri Lanka.
<h4>Background</h4>Road traffic crashes are considered by the WHO to be the most important global cause of death from injury. However, this may not be true for large areas of rural Asia where road vehicles are uncommon. The issue is important, since emphasising the importance of road tra...
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| Main Authors: | Michael Eddleston, Nilantha Udayakumara, Sriyantha Adhikari, Dhamika de Silva, M H Rezvi Sheriff, Dhananjaya L Waidyaratne |
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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Public Library of Science (PLoS)
2007-07-01
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| Series: | PLoS ONE |
| Online Access: | https://journals.plos.org/plosone/article/file?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0000599&type=printable |
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