Motorcycle-related injuries in the United Arab Emirates

Accident Analysis and Prevention

Volumn 49, Issue , 2012, Pages 245-248

  Hefny, Ashraf F ^a   Barss, Peter ^b   Eid, Hani O ^c   Abu Zidan, Fikri M ^a,d  

^a AL AIN HOSPITAL   (United Arab Emirates)

^b UNITED ARAB EMIRATES UNIVERSITY   (United Arab Emirates)

^c TAWAM HOSPITAL   (United Arab Emirates)

^d UNITED ARAB EMIRATES UNIVERSITY   (United Arab Emirates)

Author keywords

Epidemiology; Hospitalization; Injury; Mortality; Motorcycle; Registry

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL INJURY; ANATOMICAL DISTRIBUTION; GLASGOW COMA SCALE; HEAD INJURIES; HOSPITALIZATION; INJURY; INJURY SEVERITY; LOWER LIMB; MORTALITY; MOTORCYCLE HELMET; MOVING VEHICLES; PATIENT DATA; PREVENTIVE MEASURES; REGISTRY; RISK TAKING; ROAD TRAFFIC COLLISIONS; UNITED ARAB EMIRATES; UPPER LIMBS;

ACCIDENTS; ALUMINUM; BIOLOGICAL ORGANS; EPIDEMIOLOGY; HOSPITAL DATA PROCESSING; INTENSIVE CARE UNITS;

MOTORCYCLES;

ADULT; AGE; ARTICLE; FEMALE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INJURY; INJURY SCALE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MORTALITY; MOTORCYCLE; REGISTER; RISK FACTOR; STATISTICS; TRAFFIC ACCIDENT; UNITED ARAB EMIRATES;

ACCIDENTS, TRAFFIC; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; FEMALE; HOSPITAL MORTALITY; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOTORCYCLES; REGISTRIES; RISK FACTORS; TRAUMA SEVERITY INDICES; UNITED ARAB EMIRATES; WOUNDS AND INJURIES;

EID: 84867075612     PISSN: 00014575     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.aap.2011.05.003     Document Type: Article

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