Traffic accidents and related injuries in Iranian professional drivers

Journal of Public Health (Germany)

Volumn 20, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 499-503

  Attarchi, Mir Saeed ^a   Dehghan, Faezeh ^b   Seyedmehdi, Seyed Mohammad ^a   Mohammadi, Saber ^a  

^a TEHRAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^b AJA UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

Author keywords

Accidents; Driving; Injury

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; AGED; ARM FRACTURE; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; CHECKLIST; CHRONIC DISEASE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DESCRIPTIVE RESEARCH; DRIVER; EAR INJURY; EYE INJURY; HUMAN; IRAN; LEG FRACTURE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; OCCUPATION; PELVIS INJURY; RIB FRACTURE; SHIFT WORKER; SKULL FRACTURE; SPINE FRACTURE; SPINE INJURY; TRAFFIC ACCIDENT; WORK EXPERIENCE; WORKING TIME;

EID: 84871278973     PISSN: 09431853     EISSN: 16132238     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10389-011-0474-7     Document Type: Article

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