Road traffic accidents in the United Arab Emirates: Trends of morbidity and mortality during 1977-1998

Accident Analysis and Prevention

Volumn 34, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 465-476

  El Sadig, Mohammed ^a   Nelson Norman, J ^a   Lloyd, Owen L ^a   Romilly, Peter ^b   Bener, Abdulbari ^a  

^a UNITED ARAB EMIRATES UNIVERSITY   (United Arab Emirates)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ABERTAY DUNDEE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Road crashes; Road traffic accidents; RTA fatalities and injuries; UAE

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ARTICLE; CHILD; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DEVELOPED COUNTRY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFANT; INJURY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; NEWBORN; PRESCHOOL CHILD; RISK FACTOR; SEX RATIO; STATISTICS; TRAFFIC ACCIDENT; UNITED ARAB EMIRATES;

ACCIDENTS, TRAFFIC; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DEVELOPED COUNTRIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; RISK FACTORS; SEX DISTRIBUTION; UNITED ARAB EMIRATES; WOUNDS AND INJURIES;

EID: 0036643382     PISSN: 00014575     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0001-4575(01)00044-6     Document Type: Article

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