Road traffic collisions in Bursa, Turkey, during 2003, 2004 and 2005

Injury

Volumn 39, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 547-553

  Durak, Dilek ^a,b   Fedakar, Recep ^a,b   Türkmen, Nursel ^a,b   Akgöz, Semra ^a   Baduroǧlu, Erol ^a  

^a ULUDAG UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b the Council of Forensic Medicine ^*  (Turkey)

Author keywords

Injury; Road traffic collision

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL;

ACCIDENT PREVENTION; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ALCOHOL BLOOD LEVEL; ARTICLE; CHILD; DEMOGRAPHY; EMERGENCY CARE; EPIDEMIOLOGICAL DATA; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE FACILITY; HELMET; HUMAN; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PATIENT TRANSPORT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SAFETY; SEATBELT; TRAFFIC; TRAFFIC ACCIDENT; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TURKEY (REPUBLIC);

ACCIDENTS, TRAFFIC; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ALCOHOL DRINKING; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; INJURY SEVERITY SCORE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SEAT BELTS; SEX DISTRIBUTION; TIME FACTORS; TRANSPORTATION OF PATIENTS; TURKEY;

EID: 41149146742     PISSN: 00201383     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.injury.2007.07.013     Document Type: Article

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