The impact of four-wheel drives on road traffic disability and deaths compared to passenger cars

Journal of the College of Physicians and Surgeons Pakistan

Volumn 16, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 257-260

  Bener, Abdulbari ^a,b   Ghaffar, A ^c   Azab, Abu ^d   Sankaran Kutty, M ^e   Toth, F ^f,g   Lovasz, G ^f,g  

^a HAMAD GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Qatar)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

^c Global Forum for Health Research   (Switzerland)

^d AL AIN HOSPITAL   (United Arab Emirates)

^e UNITED ARAB EMIRATES UNIVERSITY   (United Arab Emirates)

^f TAWAM HOSPITAL   (United Arab Emirates)

^g UNIVERSITY OF PÉCS   (Hungary)

Author keywords

Four wheel drive; Motor vahicle accidents; Pedestrian injuries; Road traffic crashes

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE; CAR DRIVING; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; DESCRIPTIVE RESEARCH; DRIVING ABILITY; DRUNKEN DRIVING; FEMALE; HEAD INJURY; HIGH RISK PATIENT; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INJURY SCALE; INJURY SEVERITY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; MOTOR VEHICLE; PHYSICAL DISABILITY; PREVALENCE; PUBLIC HEALTH; QUESTIONNAIRE; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK REDUCTION; SEATBELT; TRAFFIC ACCIDENT; UNITED ARAB EMIRATES;

ACCIDENTS, TRAFFIC; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AUTOMOBILE DRIVING; AUTOMOBILES; CAUSE OF DEATH; CONFIDENCE INTERVALS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DISABILITY EVALUATION; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; INJURY SEVERITY SCORE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; ODDS RATIO; PROBABILITY; QUESTIONNAIRES; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEX DISTRIBUTION; SURVIVAL RATE; UNITED ARAB EMIRATES; WOUNDS AND INJURIES;

EID: 33745300589     PISSN: 1022386X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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