Seasonal variation and weather effects on road traffic accidents in Riyadh City

Public Health

Volumn 111, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 51-55

  Nofal, F H ^a,b   Saeed, A A W ^a  

^a KING SAUD UNIVERSITY   (Saudi Arabia)

^b High Institute of Public Health Egypt   (Egypt)

Author keywords

Riyadh; Road traffic accidents (RTAs); Seasonal variation

Indexed keywords

RAIN; SNOW;

ARTICLE; CITY; EPIDEMIOLOGY; HEART RATE; HUMAN; HUMIDITY; MOTOR PERFORMANCE; PERFORMANCE; PREVENTION; SAUDI ARABIA; SEASONAL VARIATION; STRESS; SUMMER; SUNLIGHT; THERMAL EXPOSURE; TRAFFIC ACCIDENT; WEATHER;

EID: 0031020346     PISSN: 00333506     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/sj.ph.1900297     Document Type: Article

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