What is the potential of trauma registry data to be used for road traffic injury surveillance and informing road safety policy?

Journal of Safety Research

Volumn 42, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 345-350

  Mitchell, Rebecca ^a   Williamson, Ann ^a   Curtis, Kate ^a,b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

^b ST GEORGE HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Hospitalisation; Injury; Police reports; Road safety; Surveillance; Trauma

Indexed keywords

HOSPITALISATION; INJURY; POLICE REPORTS; ROAD SAFETY; TRAUMA;

ACCIDENT PREVENTION; HOSPITALS; MONITORING; MOTOR TRANSPORTATION; POPULATION STATISTICS; ROADS AND STREETS; SPACE SURVEILLANCE;

DATA ACQUISITION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; CAR; CHILD; COMPARATIVE STUDY; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INFANT; INFORMATION PROCESSING; INJURY; LEGAL ASPECT; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; NEWBORN; PRESCHOOL CHILD; REGISTER; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK ASSESSMENT; SAFETY; STANDARD; STATISTICS; TRAFFIC ACCIDENT;

ACCIDENTS, TRAFFIC; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AUTOMOBILES; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DATA COLLECTION; FEMALE; HEALTH POLICY; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEW SOUTH WALES; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; REGISTRIES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK ASSESSMENT; SAFETY; STATISTICS AS TOPIC; WOUNDS AND INJURIES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 81355146426     PISSN: 00224375     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jsr.2011.06.007     Document Type: Article

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