Mortality after road traffic crashes in a system with limited trauma data capability

Hassan Saidi1, Ben Kasyoka Mutiso2, Julius A Ogeng’o1
1Department of Human Anatomy, University of Nairobi, Riverside Drive, P.O. Box 30197, Nairobi, 00100, Kenya
2Embu Provincial General Hospital, P.O. Box 33, Embu, 60100, Kenya

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