Risk of permanent medical impairment (RPMI) in road traffic accidents

Annals of Advances in Automotive Medicine - 52nd Annual Scientific Conference

Volumn 52, Issue , 2008, Pages 93-100

  Malm, Sigrun ^c   Krafft, Maria ^c   Kullgren, Anders ^c   Ydenius, Anders ^c   Tingvall, Claes ^a,b  

^a SWEDISH TRANSPORT ADMINISTRATION   (Sweden)

^b MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^c NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACCIDENTS; FIRE PROTECTION; HEALTH RISKS; HIGHWAY ACCIDENTS; HIGHWAY TRAFFIC CONTROL; INSURANCE; MEDICINE; RISK MANAGEMENT; ROADS AND STREETS; TRANSPORTATION;

CERVICAL SPINES; IN VEHICLES; INSURANCE COMPANIES; LOWER EXTREMITIES; RISK LEVELS; ROAD TRAFFIC ACCIDENTS; ROAD TRAFFIC CRASHES; ROAD TRAFFIC INJURIES; ROAD TRANSPORT SYSTEMS;

RISK ASSESSMENT;

ARTICLE; CHRONIC DISEASE; DISABILITY; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; INJURY; INJURY SCALE; PATHOLOGY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK FACTOR; STATISTICS; SWEDEN; TRAFFIC ACCIDENT;

ABBREVIATED INJURY SCALE; ACCIDENTS, TRAFFIC; CHRONIC DISEASE; DISABILITY EVALUATION; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; SWEDEN; WOUNDS AND INJURIES;

EID: 58849117666     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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