Road traffic injuries in one local health unit in the Lazio region: Results of a surveillance system integrating police and health data

International Journal of Health Geographics

Volumn 8, Issue 1, 2009, Pages

  Chini, Francesco ^a   Farchi, Sara ^a   Ciaramella, Ivana ^b   Antoniozzi, Tranquillo ^c   Rossi, Paolo Giorgi ^a   Camilloni, Laura ^a   Valenti, Massimo ^b   Borgia, Piero ^a  

^a Agency for Public Health   (Italy)

^b RM B Local Health Unit   (Italy)

^c SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACCIDENT; ACCIDENT PREVENTION; PEDESTRIAN; RISK FACTOR; ROAD TRANSPORT; SURVEILLANCE AND ENFORCEMENT;

EURASIA; EUROPE; ITALY; LAZIO; SOUTHERN EUROPE;

EQUUS SUBG. HIPPOTIGRIS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CHILD; CLASSIFICATION; DATA BASE; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INFANT; INJURY; INJURY SCALE; ITALY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; NEWBORN; POLICE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; RISK FACTOR; TRAFFIC ACCIDENT;

ACCIDENTS, TRAFFIC; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DATABASES AS TOPIC; FEMALE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; POLICE; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; RISK FACTORS; ROME; TRAUMA SEVERITY INDICES; WOUNDS AND INJURIES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 65549095378     PISSN: None     EISSN: 1476072X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1476-072X-8-21     Document Type: Article

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