Nonfatal Road Traffic Injuries: Can Road Safety Campaigns Prevent Hazardous Behavior? An Italian Experience

Traffic Injury Prevention

Volumn 14, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 261-266

  Zampetti, R ^a   Messina, G ^b   Quercioli, C ^b   Vencia, F ^b   Genco, L ^a   Bartolomeo, L Di ^a   Nante, N ^b  

^a Adolescent Services   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SIENA   (Italy)

Author keywords

discharge reports; educational campaigns; hospital admission; incidence; injury severity; traffic injuries

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ARTICLE; CAR DRIVING; CHILD; EVALUATION; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMAN; INFANT; INJURY; INJURY SCALE; ITALY; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SAFETY; STATISTICS; TRAFFIC ACCIDENT; VIOLENCE;

ACCIDENTS, TRAFFIC; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AUTOMOBILE DRIVING; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DANGEROUS BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMANS; INFANT; ITALY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROGRAM EVALUATION; SAFETY; TRAUMA SEVERITY INDICES; WOUNDS AND INJURIES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84876345269     PISSN: 15389588     EISSN: 1538957X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/15389588.2012.705189     Document Type: Article

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