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Outcomes and costs of blunt trauma in England and Wales [PDF]

open access: yes, 2008
Background Trauma represents an important public health concern in the United Kingdom, yet the acute costs of blunt trauma injury have not been documented and analysed in detail. Knowledge of the overall costs of trauma care, and the drivers of these
Christensen, MC   +4 more
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Fishing gear entanglement threatens recovery of critically endangered North Atlantic right whales

open access: yesConservation Science and Practice, 2022
North Atlantic right whales frequently become entangled in fishing gear, which can negatively affect their reproductive output and probability of survival.
Amy R. Knowlton   +6 more
doaj   +1 more source

Tram to Pedestrian Collisions—Priorities and Potentials

open access: yesFrontiers in Future Transportation, 2022
To improve mobility in cities in line with environmental goals, in urban traffic, trams represent an increasingly important means of transport. Due to the close interaction with other road users, this makes collisions with trams fairly frequent.
Christian Lackner   +11 more
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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

FEATURES OF PASSIVE SAFETY ASSESSMENT OF VEHICLES BY THE CRITERION – HUMAN INJURY IN ROAD TRAFFIC ACCIDENTS

open access: yesInternational Journal of Advanced Studies, 2022
Road safety is influenced by a large number of factors, among the most negative factors are traffic accidents and their consequences. In road accidents, all categories of the population die and are injured, which entails a decrease in the population of ...
Tatyana V. Konovalova   +4 more
doaj   +1 more source

An overview of the injury severity score and the new injury severity score [PDF]

open access: yesInjury Prevention, 2001
Objective—The research was undertaken to describe the injury severity score (ISS) and the new injury severity score (NISS) and to illustrate their statistical properties. Design—Descriptive analysis and assessment of the distribution of these scales.
M, Stevenson   +4 more
openaire   +2 more sources

Analysis of Factors Contributing to the Severity of Large Truck Crashes

open access: yesEntropy, 2020
Crashes that involved large trucks often result in immense human, economic, and social losses. To prevent and mitigate severe large truck crashes, factors contributing to the severity of these crashes need to be identified before appropriate ...
Jinhong Li   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

Outcomes and costs of penetrating trauma injury in England and Wales [PDF]

open access: yes, 2008
The official published version of the article can be found at the link below.Background: Penetrating trauma injury is generally associated with higher short-term mortality than blunt trauma, and results in substantial societal costs given the young age ...
Christensen, MC   +4 more
core   +1 more source

Multiple injuries in peacetime and wartime estimate of severity of injury by the injury severity score and polytraumaschlüssel [PDF]

open access: yesEuropean Journal of Surgery, 2003
To compare the Injury Severity Score (ISS) and Polytraumaschlüssel (PTS) in patients with multiple peacetime and wartime injuries.Prospective and retrospective study.General hospital, Croatia.71 patients with multiple injuries admitted between 1 January 1993 and 30 September 1994; 41 had peacetime (road traffic accident) injuries and 30 had been ...
Korać, Želimir   +3 more
openaire   +3 more sources

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