Characteristics and injury patterns of road traffic injuries in urban and rural Uganda—a retrospective medical record review study in two hospitals

• Main Authors: Temizel, Selin, Wunderlich, Robert, Leifels, Mats
• 其他作者: Singapore Centre for Environmental Life Sciences and Engineering
• 格式: Article
• 語言: English
• 出版: 2022
• 主題: Engineering::Environmental engineering; Road Traffic Crashes; Road Traffic Injuries
• 在線閱讀: https://hdl.handle.net/10356/154027

In the ongoing Second Decade of Action for Road Safety, road traffic crashes pose a considerable threat especially in low-income countries. Uganda shows a vast burden of non-fatal injuries and resides at the top range of countries with the highest death rates due to unsafe roads. However, little is...