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The methodology for calculation of road accident costs

open access: yesTransport, 2015
The presented methodology for accounting the costs caused by road accidents is based on the fact that a person who died or was injured in a traffic accident will not contribute to the economic wealfare of the country anymore or his/her contribution will ...
Saugirdas Pukalskas   +4 more
doaj   +1 more source

Prediction of Fatal and Major Injury of Drivers, Cyclists, and Pedestrians in Collisions

open access: yesPromet (Zagreb), 2020
Traffic-related deaths and severe injuries may affect every person on the roads, whether driving, cycling or walking. Toronto, the largest city in Canada and the fourth largest in North America, aims to eliminate traffic-related fatalities and serious ...
Dalia Shanshal   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

Type 2 diabetes mellitus increases the severity of non-fatal injuries, but not the risk of fatal injuries, among driver victims of motor vehicle crashes in Taiwan [PDF]

open access: yesEpidemiology and Health, 2022
OBJECTIVES Limited information is available on whether diabetes increases the severity of injuries from motor vehicle crashes (MVCs). This study aimed to investigate the association of type 2 diabetes with injury severity among driver victims of MVCs ...
I-Lin Hsu   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

The Effect of Sharrows, Painted Bicycle Lanes and Physically Protected Paths on the Severity of Bicycle Injuries Caused by Motor Vehicles

open access: yesSafety, 2016
We conducted individual and ecologic analyses of prospectively collected data from 839 injured bicyclists who collided with motorized vehicles and presented to Bellevue Hospital, an urban Level-1 trauma center in New York City, from December 2008 to ...
Stephen P. Wall   +6 more
doaj   +1 more source

Assessment of the individual and compounding effects of marginalization factors on injury severity, discharge location, recovery, and employment outcomes at 1 year after traumatic brain injury

open access: yesFrontiers in Neurology, 2022
ObjectiveThe aim of this study is to examine the effect of eight distinct marginalized group memberships and explore their compounding effect on injury severity, recovery, discharge location, and employment outcomes 1-year after traumatic brain injury ...
Olga Garduño-Ortega   +6 more
doaj   +1 more source

Prediction of mortality risk in patients with traffic injury: A case study in tabriz hospitals, Iran

open access: yesArchives of Trauma Research, 2019
Background: Trauma caused by traffic accidents is one of the main causes of mortality in the world. The trauma is a time-dependent condition. Trauma scoring systems help service providers to determine the severity of the injury and mortality risk and ...
Yalda Mousazadeh   +4 more
doaj   +1 more source

Factors and Their Correlation with Injury Severity of Elderly Pedestrian Traffic Accidents [PDF]

open access: yesJournal of Trauma and Injury, 2019
Purpose No previous study has assessed elderly pedestrian traffic accidents based on a nationwide database. This study aimed to help primary physicians who examine patients in emergency departments to determine and make prompt and accurate treatment ...
Tae gyu Hyun   +8 more
doaj   +1 more source

Expansion of a fly TBI model to four levels of injury severity reveals synergistic effects of repetitive injury for moderate injury conditions

open access: yesFly, 2019
Several million traumatic brain injury (TBI) events are reported in the United States annually. However, mild TBI events often go unreported, and mild and repetitive mild TBI conditions are challenging to model. Fruit flies (Drosophila melanogaster) have
Lauren J Putnam   +4 more
doaj   +1 more source

Accident risk identification and its impact analyses for strategic construction safety management

open access: yesJournal of Civil Engineering and Management, 2015
The study presented in this paper reviewed 9,358 accidents which occurred in the U.S. construction industry between 2002 and 2011, in order to understand the relationships between the risk factors and injury severity (e.g.
Seokho Chi   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

Loss of Consciousness and Righting Reflex Following Traumatic Brain Injury: Predictors of Post-Injury Symptom Development (A Narrative Review)

open access: yesBrain Sciences, 2023
Identifying predictors for individuals vulnerable to the adverse effects of traumatic brain injury (TBI) remains an ongoing research pursuit. This is especially important for patients with mild TBI (mTBI), whose condition is often overlooked.
Rina Berman   +5 more
doaj   +1 more source

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