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SPEED, ROAD INJURY, AND PUBLIC HEALTH [PDF]

Annual Review of Public Health, 2006
▪ Abstract  We review milestones in the history of increases in speed limits and travel speeds (“speed creep”) and risks for road deaths and injury. Reduced speed limits, speed-camera networks, and speed calming substantially reduce these tolls in absolute numbers—a trend that is apparent in the United Kingdom, Australia, France, and other countries ...
Elihu D, Richter, Tamar, Berman, Lee, Friedman, Gerald, Ben-David   +3 more
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Psychometric properties of full WHODAS 2.0 questionnaire for application through phone surveys: an experience in PERSIAN traffic cohort

Discover Public Health
Introduction To promote trauma survivors’ care quality, assessment of their disability is essential. This study assessed psychometric characteristics of World Health Organization disability assessment schedule (WHODAS 2.0) and its applicability in ...
Nasrin Shahedifar, Homayoun Sadeghi-Bazargani, Mina Golestani, Mohammad Asghari Jaafarabadi, Faramarz Pourasghar, Shahrzad Bazargan-Hejazi   +5 more
doaj   +1 more source

PERSIAN traffic safety and health cohort: a population-based precrash cohort study

BMJ Open
Purpose Despite to high burden of road traffic injuries (RTIs), the RTI epidemiology has received less attention with rare investments on robust population cohorts. The PERSIAN Traffic Safety and Health Cohort (PTSHC) was designed to assess the potential
Homayoun Sadeghi-Bazargani, Mostafa Farahbakhsh, Mina Golestani, Morteza Ghojazadeh, Reza Mohammadi, Faramarz Pourasghar, Sajjad Ahmadi, Alireza Razzaghi, Mehdi Rezaei, Leila Vahedi, Alireza Shafiee-kandjani, Mohammad Meshkini, Fatemeh Jahanjoo, Mir Bahador Yazdani, Elham Davtalab Esmaeili, Ali Jafari-Khounigh   +15 more
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Comparison of physical and psychological health outcomes for motorcyclists and other road users after land transport crashes: an inception cohort study

BMC Public Health, 2021
Background Serious injuries and fatalities among vulnerable road users on two wheeled motorised vehicles have increased across Australia and internationally in the past decade yet fallen for motor vehicle occupants. Almost half of all reported motorcycle
Lisa N. Sharwood, Annette Kifley, Ashley Craig, Bamini Gopinath, Jagnoor Jagnoor, Ian D. Cameron   +5 more
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Road traffic injuries in the elderly [PDF]

Emergency Medicine Journal, 2006
Elderly victims of motor vehicle collisions are increasing with the aging population. This study aimed to investigate the injury pattern of elderly victims involved in motor vehicle collisions.This was a retrospective study using data from the Victorian State Trauma Outcome Registry and Monitoring Group (VSTORM) from June 2001 to July 2003, Australian ...
W Y, Lee, W Y, Yee, P A, Cameron, M J, Bailey   +3 more
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Crashworthiness Investigation Of Cervical Spine Injuries Among Motorcyclists In Malaysia [PDF]

, 2003
This study looks at cervical spine injuries sustained by motorcyclists in motorcycle road crashes. There are hardly any studies on cervical spine injury of motorcyclists compared to studies on injuries sustained by car passenger during crash.
Ooi, Soon Shen
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A closer look at depression and sleep quality relation: A cross‐sectional study of taxi drivers in Tabriz metropolis

Health Science Reports
Background and Aim Taxi drivers play a significant role in urban mobility and safety as professional drivers. They typically have poor incomes, long work hours, lack of sleep, and high levels of stress, which increase the risk of physical and mental ...
Leili Abedi, Mohammad Bagher Naghizad, Zeinab Habibpour, Kavous Shahsavarinia, Mir Bahador Yazdani, Mohammad Saadati   +5 more
doaj   +1 more source

Deal or no deal: can incentives encourage widespread adoption of intelligent speed adaptation devices? [PDF]

, 2012
Given the burden of injury, economic, environmental and social consequences associated with speeding, reducing road traffic speed remains a major priority.
Chorlton, K, Hess, S, Jamson, S, Wardman, MR   +3 more
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Post-traumatic stress symptom clusters in acute whiplash associated disorder and their prediction of chronic pain-related disability

PAIN Reports, 2017
. Introduction:. The presence of post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) symptoms has been found to be associated with an increased risk of persisting neck pain and disability in motor vehicle crash (MVC) survivors with whiplash injuries.
Annick Maujean, Matthew J. Gullo, Tonny Elmose Andersen, Sophie Lykkegaard Ravn, Michele Sterling   +4 more
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Persistent vegetative state secondary to a motor vehicle accident [PDF]

, 2012
The case presents a young girl who was involved in a road traffic accident. Despite being alive at present, her body cannot perform any basic functions since she is in a persistent vegetative state.
Abela, Franklin, Dimech, Anthony
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