Urban road traffic deaths: data linkage and identification of high-risk population sub-groups

• Main Authors: Lúcia Maria Miana Mattos Paixão (Author), Eliana Dias Gontijo (Author), Sueli Aparecida Mingoti (Author), Dário Alves da Silva Costa (Author), Amélia Augusta de Lima Friche (Author), Waleska Teixeira Caiaffa (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Escola Nacional de Saúde Pública, Fundação Oswaldo Cruz, 2015-11-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Abstract This study analyzes the profile of deaths from road traffic accidents in Belo Horizonte, Minas Gerais State, Brazil, by linking two public databases, the Information System of the Urban Transportation and Transit Company (BH10) and the Mortality Information System (SIM). The linked database...