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REGIONAL REPORTS
Better late than ever: confronting Greece's major health problem
  1. Eleni Petridou
  1. Department of Hygiene and Epidemiology, Athens University Medical School, 75 M Asias Street, Goudi, Athens 11527 Greece (Tel and fax: +30 1 777 3840, e-mail: epetrid@atlas.uoa.gr)

    http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/ip.5.3.237

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      It is frequently said that neither individuals nor nations can learn from the experience of others—they have to pay their own price before they recognize a problem and master their resources to confront it. Motor vehicle accidents have become major epidemics in most western countries before measures were successfully implemented to reduce the burden of death, disability, and unhappiness generated by these injuries. In Greece, mortality from motor vehicle accidents increased from 11 per 100 000 persons in the 60s to more than 23 per 100 000 persons in the late 90s, when Greece was competing with Portugal for the unenviable position of leading the European …

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