Road traffic fatalities in Qatar, Jordan and the UAE: Estimates using regression analysis and the relationship with economic growth

Eastern Mediterranean Health Journal

Volumn 16, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 318-323

  Bener, A ^a   Hussain, S J ^b   Al Malki, M A ^c   Shotar, M M ^d   Al Said, M F ^e   Jadaan, K S ^f  

^a WEILL CORNELL MEDICAL COLLEGE   (Qatar)

^b WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION   (Switzerland)

^c Ministry of Interior   (Qatar)

^d QATAR UNIVERSITY   (Qatar)

^e National Health Authority   (Qatar)

^f ISRA UNIVERSITY   (Jordan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY; ARTICLE; ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT; HUMAN; JORDAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MOTOR VEHICLE; POPULATION RESEARCH; PREDICTION; QATAR; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; TRAFFIC ACCIDENT; TRAFFIC SAFETY; UNITED ARAB EMIRATES; CAR; CAUSE OF DEATH; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; ECONOMICS; EPIDEMIOLOGY; HEALTH SURVEY; MORTALITY; POPULATION GROWTH; PREDICTIVE VALUE; STATISTICAL BIAS; STATISTICAL MODEL; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; TRENDS; VALIDATION STUDY;

ACCIDENTS, TRAFFIC; AUTOMOBILES; BIAS (EPIDEMIOLOGY); CAUSE OF DEATH; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT; HUMANS; JORDAN; LEAST-SQUARES ANALYSIS; LINEAR MODELS; POPULATION GROWTH; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; QATAR; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; UNITED ARAB EMIRATES;

EID: 77749239670     PISSN: 10203397     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.26719/2010.16.3.318     Document Type: Article

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