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Traffic Injury Prevention Volume 13, 2012 - Issue sup1: Public Health Burden of Road Traffic Injuries: An Assessment from Ten Low and Middle Income Countries
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Road Traffic Injuries in Kenya: The Health Burden and Risk Factors in Two Districts

Abdulgafoor M. Bachani Johns Hopkins International Injury Research Unit, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, Baltimore, Maryland
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Pranali Koradia Johns Hopkins International Injury Research Unit, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, Baltimore, Maryland
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Hadley K. Herbert Johns Hopkins International Injury Research Unit, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, Baltimore, Maryland
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Stephen Mogere Roless Media Management Institute, Nairobi, Kenya
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Daniel Akungah Department of Public Health, Kenyatta University, Nairobi, Kenya
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Jackim Nyamari Department of Public Health, Kenyatta University, Nairobi, Kenya
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Eric Osoro Division of Non-Communicable Diseases, Ministry of Public Health and Sanitation, Nairobi, Kenya
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William Maina Division of Non-Communicable Diseases, Ministry of Public Health and Sanitation, Nairobi, Kenya
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Kent A. Stevens Johns Hopkins International Injury Research Unit, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, Baltimore, Maryland
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Pages 24-30 | Received 25 Jul 2011, Accepted 14 Oct 2011, Published online: 13 Mar 2012

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