Road safety in the political agenda: The impact on road traffic injuries

Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health

Volumn 65, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 218-225

  Novoa, Ana M ^a,b   Pérez, Katherine ^a,c   Santamariña Rubio, Elena ^a   Marí Dell'Olmo, Marc ^a,c   Cozar, Rogelio ^d   Ferrando, Josep ^c   Peiró, Rosana ^c,e   Tobías, Aurelio ^f   Zori, Pilar ^g   Borrell, Carme ^a,b,c  

^a AGÈNCIA DE SALUT PÚBLICA DE BARCELONA   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITAT POMPEU FABRA   (Spain)

^c CIBER EPIDEMIOLOGÍA Y SALUD PÚBLICA CIBERESP   (Spain)

^d MINISTERIO DE SANIDAD Y CONSUMO   (Spain)

^e Centro de Salud Publica de Alzira   (Spain)

^f INSTITUTE OF ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENT AND WATER RESEARCH   (Spain)

^g Dirección General de Tráfico ^*  (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COLLISION; DATABASE; INJURY; PEDESTRIAN; POISSON RATIO; POLITICAL CONFLICT; PUBLIC HEALTH; ROAD TRANSPORT; SEASONALITY; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS; TIME SERIES;

ACCIDENT PREVENTION; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CHILD; CLASSIFICATION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFANT; INJURY; INJURY SCALE; LEGAL ASPECT; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; MOTOR VEHICLE; NEWBORN; POISSON DISTRIBUTION; POLITICS; PRESCHOOL CHILD; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RISK REDUCTION; SAFETY; SEX RATIO; SPAIN; STATISTICS; TASK PERFORMANCE; TRAFFIC ACCIDENT; WALKING;

ACCIDENT PREVENTION; ACCIDENTS, TRAFFIC; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CONFIDENCE INTERVALS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOTOR VEHICLES; POISSON DISTRIBUTION; POLITICS; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RISK REDUCTION BEHAVIOR; SAFETY MANAGEMENT; SEX DISTRIBUTION; SPAIN; TIME AND MOTION STUDIES; TRAUMA SEVERITY INDICES; WALKING; WOUNDS AND INJURIES;

SPAIN;

EID: 79951598007     PISSN: 0143005X     EISSN: 14702738     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/jech.2009.094029     Document Type: Article

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