Injury profiles of road traffic deaths

Accident Analysis and Prevention

Volumn 39, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 1-5

  Santamariña Rubio, Elena ^a   Pérez, Katherine ^a   Ricart, Isabel ^a   Arroyo, Amparo ^b   Castellà, Josep ^b   Borrell, Carme ^a  

^a AGÈNCIA DE SALUT PÚBLICA DE BARCELONA   (Spain)

^b Instituto de Medicina Legal de Cataluna   (Spain)

Author keywords

Autopsy; Death; Injury severity score (ISS); Road traffic

Indexed keywords

HIGHWAY TRAFFIC CONTROL; VEHICLES;

AUTOPSY; DEATH; INJURY SEVERITY SCORE (ISS); ROAD TRAFFIC;

HIGHWAY ACCIDENTS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ARTICLE; CHILD; CLASSIFICATION; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFANT; INJURY; INJURY SCALE; INTERNATIONAL CLASSIFICATION OF DISEASES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MORTALITY; MOTOR VEHICLE; NEWBORN; PRESCHOOL CHILD; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEX RATIO; SPAIN; STATISTICS; TRAFFIC ACCIDENT; WALKING;

ACCIDENTS, TRAFFIC; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; INJURY SEVERITY SCORE; INTERNATIONAL CLASSIFICATION OF DISEASES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOTOR VEHICLES; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEX DISTRIBUTION; SPAIN; WALKING; WOUNDS AND INJURIES;

EID: 33750367152     PISSN: 00014575     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.aap.2006.06.019     Document Type: Article

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