Prevalence and factors associated with road traffic crash among taxi drivers in Hanoi, Vietnam

Accident Analysis and Prevention

Volumn 50, Issue , 2013, Pages 451-455

  La, Quang Ngoc ^a,b   Lee, Andy H ^a   Meuleners, Lynn B ^a   Van Duong, Dat ^c  

^a CURTIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b HANOI UNIVERSITY OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (Viet Nam)

^c UNITED NATIONS POPULATION FUND   (United States)

Author keywords

Injury; Risk factors; Road traffic crash; Taxi drivers

Indexed keywords

COMMERCIAL DRIVERS; CRASH CHARACTERISTICS; CRASH RISK; DRIVING LICENCES; EMPLOYMENT STATUS; INJURY; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MAIN MODE; PREMATURE DEATH; PUBLIC TRANSPORT; QUALITATIVE STUDY; RISK FACTORS; ROAD SAFETY; ROAD TRAFFIC CRASHES; SEAT-BELT USAGE; TAXI DRIVERS; VIET NAM;

DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; TAXICABS;

HEALTH RISKS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CAR; COMMERCIAL PHENOMENA; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREVALENCE; QUESTIONNAIRE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK FACTOR; STATISTICAL MODEL; STATISTICS; TRAFFIC ACCIDENT; VIET NAM;

ACCIDENTS, TRAFFIC; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AUTOMOBILES; COMMERCE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREVALENCE; QUESTIONNAIRES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; VIETNAM;

EID: 84870292118     PISSN: 00014575     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.aap.2012.05.022     Document Type: Article

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