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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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Helmet Use Among Motorcyclists in Cambodia: A Survey of Use, Knowledge, Attitudes, and Practices

Abdulgafoor M. Bachani Johns Hopkins International Injury Research Unit, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, Baltimore, Maryland
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Nhan T. Tran Johns Hopkins International Injury Research Unit, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, Baltimore, Maryland
,
Socheata Sann Handicap International Belgium, Phnom Penh, Cambodia
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Michael F. Ballesteros Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia
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Chandara Gnim Handicap International Belgium, Phnom Penh, Cambodia
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Amra Ou Handicap International Belgium, Phnom Penh, Cambodia
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Panhavuth Sem Handicap International Belgium, Phnom Penh, Cambodia
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Xiaoyu Nie Johns Hopkins International Injury Research Unit, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, Baltimore, Maryland
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Adnan A. Hyder Johns Hopkins International Injury Research Unit, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, Baltimore, Maryland
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Pages 31-36 | Received 08 Aug 2011, Accepted 06 Oct 2011, Published online: 13 Mar 2012

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