From targeted "black spots" to area-wide pedestrian safety

Injury Prevention

Volumn 12, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 360-364

  Morency, P ^a,b   Cloutier, M S ^b  

^a Gouvernement du Quebec   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE; AGED; AMBULANCE; ARTICLE; CANADA; CHILD; ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH; ENVIRONMENTAL PLANNING; FEMALE; HEALTH; HUMAN; INJURY; MALE; METHODOLOGY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; SAFETY; STATISTICS; TRAFFIC ACCIDENT; WALKING;

ACCIDENTS, TRAFFIC; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; AMBULANCES; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; ENVIRONMENT DESIGN; ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; QUEBEC; SAFETY MANAGEMENT; URBAN HEALTH; WALKING; WOUNDS AND INJURIES;

EID: 33846120948     PISSN: 13538047     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/ip.2006.013326     Document Type: Article

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