The potential for automatic crash notification systems to reduce road fatalities

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

Volumn 52, Issue , 2008, Pages 85-92

  Lahausse, Julie A ^a   Fildes, Brian N ^a   Page, Yves ^b   Fitzharris, Michael P ^c  

^a MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b LAB   (France)

^c GEORGE INSTITUTE FOR INTERNATIONAL HEALTH   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COST EFFECTIVENESS; MAGNETIC PROPERTIES; MAGNETIC SUSCEPTIBILITY; MEDICINE; PASSENGER CARS; ROADS AND STREETS; RURAL AREAS; VEHICLES;

DATA SOURCES; EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES; NOTIFICATION SYSTEMS; PASSENGER VEHICLES; RATIO ANALYSIS; ROAD SAFETIES; ROAD TOLLS; URBAN AREAS;

COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS;

ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; CAR; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; HEALTH SERVICE; HUMAN; MORTALITY; RURAL HEALTH CARE; TIME; TRAFFIC ACCIDENT;

ACCIDENTS, TRAFFIC; AUSTRALIA; AUTOMOBILES; COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICE COMMUNICATION SYSTEMS; HUMANS; RURAL HEALTH SERVICES; TIME FACTORS; URBAN HEALTH SERVICES;

EID: 58849151858     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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