Tzu Chi Medical Journal
Volume 19, Issue 3 , Pages 152-158 , September 2007

Road Traffic Casualties and Risky Driving Behavior in Hualien County, 2001–2005

  • Yin-Ming Li

      Affiliations

    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Department of Family Medicine, Buddhist Tzu Chi General Hospital, 707, Section 3, Chung Yang Road, Hualien, Taiwan

Received 12 March 2007 ,Revised 19 April 2007 ,Accepted 4 May 2007.

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doi: 10.1016/S1016-3190(10)60008-0

Tzu Chi Medical Journal
Volume 19, Issue 3 , Pages 152-158 , September 2007

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