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, 2001 Injury mortality is the fourth commonest cause of death in Ireland. The treatment of injuries has a major impact on our hospitals and on our budget for health. Long term disability following accidents is a serious problem.
Fitzpatrick, P. +4 more
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Child pedestrian safety en route to and from rural schools: A case study [PDF]
, 1999 This research examines the safety hazards faced by child pedestrians at rural schools within the Waipa District. The main objectives of this research were to identify hazards child pedestrians face, to identify current counter-measures to these hazards ...
Russell, Tonya +2 more
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N.N. Priorov Journal of Traumatology and Orthopedics, 2011 Vladimir Anatol'evich Sokolov +1 more
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Perception of the Risks Associated with Impaired Driving and Effects on Driving Behavior [PDF]
This research studies the perception of the risks associated with impaired driving-probability of being apprehended or of having an accident-and the relation between the perception of risks and driving behavior.
Claude Fluet +2 more
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Application of geographical information system (GIS) for mapping road traffic injuries using existing source of data in Karachi, Pakistan--a pilot study [PDF]
, 2011 OBJECTIVE: To assess the feasibility of using Geographical Information System for mapping of road traffic injuries with an existing data source in a developing country.
Jalal, Sabeena +2 more
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Chinese journal of traumatology = Zhonghua chuang shang za zhi, 2003 The appearance of cars has raised materialistic civilization and living standard to an unprecedented level. Today, it is hard to imagine how we human beings can live without cars. Yet, motor vehicles can cause a great number of deaths and injuries as well as considerable economic losses, which have constituted the global burden.
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Emergency Medicine International, 2014 Background. Road traffic injuries are a major public health issue. The problem is increasing in Africa. Objective. To assess the incidence of road traffic injury and associated factors among patients visiting the emergency department of Tikur Anbessa ...
Bewket Tadesse Tiruneh +2 more
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Severity of injuries in different modes of transport, expressed with disability-adjusted life years (DALYS) [PDF]
, 2011 Background: Health impact assessment (HIA) studies are increasingly predicting the health effects of mode shifts in traffic. The challenge for such studies is to combine the health effects, caused by injuries, with the disease driven health effects, and ...
Tainio, Marko +4 more
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A Study Of Orbital Fractures In A Tertiary Health Care Center [PDF]
, 2007 A retrospective study of patients with orbital fractures had 48% patients in the age group of 20 – 40 years with male : female ratio of 10:1. Road traffic accidents (71.43%) were the most common cause followed by injury due to fall (20%).
Chhablani, Jay +5 more
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The Identification of Mistakes in Road Accident Records – Part Two. [PDF]
, 1994 It has been acknowledged that there are many mistakes in the casualty variables on the police accident report forms. This study shows how a computer based linkage of police and hospital records can be used to routinely identify the mistakes for the ...
Austin, K.P.
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