Factors associated with fatal traffic accidents in Tirana, Albania: Cross-sectional study

Croatian Medical Journal

Volumn 49, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 734-740

  Qirjako, Gentiana ^a   Burazeri, Genc ^a   Hysa, Bajram ^a   Roshi, Enver ^a  

^a University of Tirana Faculty of Medicine   (Albania)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL;

ADULT; AGE; ALBANIA; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HUMAN; INFORMATION; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MALE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; POLICE; PREDICTOR VARIABLE; PREVALENCE; PREVENTION STUDY; SEX; STRUCTURED QUESTIONNAIRE; TIME; TRAFFIC; TRAFFIC ACCIDENT; VELOCITY; EPIDEMIOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; MORTALITY; STATISTICS;

ACCIDENTS, TRAFFIC; ADULT; ALBANIA; CAUSALITY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 63249128463     PISSN: 03539504     EISSN: 13328166     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3325/cmj.2008.49.734     Document Type: Article

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