Economic costs of traffic accidents in Jordan

Accident Analysis and Prevention

Volumn 31, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 347-357

  Al Masaeid, Hashem R ^a   Al Mashakbeh, Adel A ^a   Qudah, Abdalla M ^a  

^a JORDAN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Jordan)

Author keywords

Economic costs; Jordan; Traffic accidents

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CHILD; COST; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; ECONOMICS; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFANT; INJURY; INJURY SCALE; JORDAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MORTALITY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; TRAFFIC ACCIDENT;

ACCIDENTS, TRAFFIC; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COSTS AND COST ANALYSIS; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; INJURY SEVERITY SCORE; JORDAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; WOUNDS AND INJURIES;

EID: 0033160945     PISSN: 00014575     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0001-4575(98)00068-2     Document Type: Article

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