The requirements and challenges in preventing of road traffic injury in Iran. A qualitative study

BMC Public Health

Volumn 9, Issue , 2009, Pages

  Khorasani Zavareh, Davoud ^a,b,c,d   Mohammadi, Reza ^a   Khankeh, Hamid Reza ^e   Laflamme, Lucie ^a   Bikmoradi, Ali ^a,b,f   Haglund, Bo Ja ^a  

^a KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

^b TABRIZ UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^c URMIA UNIVERSITY   (Iran)

^d TEHRAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^e UNIVERSITY OF SOCIAL WELFARE AND REHABILITATION SCIENCES   (Iran)

^f HAMADAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CAR DRIVING; DECISION MAKING; HUMAN; INJURY; INTERVIEW; IRAN; LEGAL ASPECT; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; SOCIAL CONTROL; TRAFFIC ACCIDENT;

ACCIDENTS, TRAFFIC; AUTOMOBILE DRIVING; CHOICE BEHAVIOR; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; IRAN; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; SOCIAL CONTROL, FORMAL; WOUNDS AND INJURIES;

EID: 76349090497     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712458     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2458-9-486     Document Type: Article

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