Protecting vulnerable road users from injury

PLoS Medicine

Volumn 7, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 1-4

  Constant, Aymery ^a   Lagarde, Emmanuel ^a  

^a INSERM   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACCIDENT PREVENTION; AIRBAG; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR CHANGE; CULTURAL FACTOR; CYCLING; DEATH; DRUNKEN DRIVING; EDUCATION PROGRAM; HAZARD ASSESSMENT; HELMET; HUMAN; ILLUMINATION; INFORMATION DISSEMINATION; INFORMATION PROCESSING; LAW ENFORCEMENT; MOTOR VEHICLE; PEDESTRIAN; PROTECTIVE EQUIPMENT; RISK ASSESSMENT; SOCIAL ASPECT; TRAFFIC ACCIDENT; TRAFFIC SAFETY; URBANIZATION; VELOCITY; VISIBILITY; BICYCLE; INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION; MOTORCYCLE; POLICY; REVIEW; STATISTICS; WALKING;

ACCIDENTS, TRAFFIC; BICYCLING; DATA COLLECTION; HUMANS; INTERNATIONALITY; MOTORCYCLES; PUBLIC POLICY; WALKING;

EID: 77950679334     PISSN: 15491277     EISSN: 15491676     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pmed.1000228     Document Type: Article

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