Pedestrians' injury patterns in Ghana

Accident Analysis and Prevention

Volumn 42, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 1080-1088

  Damsere Derry, James ^a   Ebel, Beth E ^b   Mock, Charles N ^b   Afukaar, Francis ^a   Donkor, Peter ^c  

^a West African Science Service Centre on Climate Change and Adapted Land Use   (Ghana)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^c KWAME NKRUMAH UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Ghana)

Author keywords

Casualties; Fatalities; Ghana; Injuries; Pedestrians; Speeding

Indexed keywords

CRASH DATA; EXPLANATORY VARIABLES; HEAVY VEHICLE; INJURY PATTERN; MULTINOMIAL LOGISTIC REGRESSION; ODDS RATIOS; PEDESTRIAN CRASHES; PEDESTRIAN INJURIES; PICKUP TRUCKS; POLICE REPORTS; PRIVATE CARS; RESEARCH INSTITUTES; RETROSPECTIVE ANALYSIS; RISK FACTORS; ROAD ENVIRONMENT; SERIOUS INJURIES; TEMPORAL TRENDS; URBAN ROAD; VEHICLES SPEED;

AUTOMOBILES; HIGHWAY ACCIDENTS; LAW ENFORCEMENT; ROADSIDES;

PEDESTRIAN SAFETY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CHILD; COHORT ANALYSIS; ENVIRONMENTAL PLANNING; FEMALE; GHANA; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INJURY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MORTALITY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK FACTOR; SOCIOECONOMICS; STATISTICAL MODEL; STATISTICS; TIME; TRAFFIC ACCIDENT; WALKING;

ACCIDENTS, TRAFFIC; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COHORT STUDIES; ENVIRONMENT DESIGN; FEMALE; GHANA; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; TIME FACTORS; WALKING; WOUNDS AND INJURIES;

EID: 77955331039     PISSN: 00014575     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.aap.2009.12.016     Document Type: Article

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