Crashes involving motorised rickshaws in urban India: Characteristics and injury patterns

Injury

Volumn 42, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 104-111

  Schmucker, Uli ^a,b,c   Dandona, Rakhi ^a,b,d,e   Kumar, G Anil ^a,d,e   Dandona, Lalit ^a,b,d,e,f  

^a George Institute for International Health India   (India)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF GREIFSWALD   (Germany)

^d PUBLIC HEALTH FOUNDATION OF INDIA   (India)

^e ADMINISTRATIVE STAFF COLLEGE OF INDIA   (India)

^f UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

Auto; India; Injuries; Rickshaw; Road traffic injuries; Three wheeled vehicle; Vulnerable road user

Indexed keywords

ACCIDENTAL INJURY; ARTICLE; HUMAN; INDIA; INJURY SEVERITY; MORTALITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TRAFFIC ACCIDENT; URBAN AREA;

ACCIDENTS, TRAFFIC; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CONFIDENCE INTERVALS; HUMANS; INDIA; INJURY SEVERITY SCORE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OFF-ROAD MOTOR VEHICLES; PROBABILITY; RISK FACTORS; SURVIVAL RATE; WOUNDS AND INJURIES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 78650200110     PISSN: 00201383     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.injury.2009.10.049     Document Type: Article

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