Sex and age distribution in transport-related injuries in Tehran

Accident Analysis and Prevention

Volumn 36, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 391-398

  Roudsari, Bahman Sayyar ^a   Sharzei, Kaveh ^a   Zargar, Moosa ^a  

^a TEHRAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

Author keywords

Age; Car accident; Developing country; Mortality rate; Sex; Transport related injury

Indexed keywords

AUTOMOBILE SEAT BELTS; CRASHWORTHINESS; DATA ACQUISITION; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; HIGHWAY ACCIDENTS; INFORMATION ANALYSIS; LAW ENFORCEMENT; MOTOR TRANSPORTATION; SOCIAL ASPECTS; URBAN PLANNING;

CAR ACCIDENTS; MORTALITY RATE; TRANSPORT-RELATED INJURIES (TRI);

ACCIDENT PREVENTION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ARTICLE; CAR; CHILD; FEMALE; HUMAN; INJURY; INJURY SCALE; IRAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOTORCYCLE; PATHOLOGY; PROTECTIVE EQUIPMENT; RISK; SEX RATIO; STATISTICS; TRAFFIC ACCIDENT;

ACCIDENTS, TRAFFIC; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; AUTOMOBILES; CHILD; FEMALE; HUMANS; INJURY SEVERITY SCORE; IRAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOTORCYCLES; ODDS RATIO; PROTECTIVE DEVICES; SEX DISTRIBUTION; WOUNDS AND INJURIES;

EID: 1442359725     PISSN: 00014575     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0001-4575(03)00032-0     Document Type: Article

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