Pedestrian injuries and fatalities by patterns in reported road traffic crashes — Islamabad

Journal of the Pakistan Medical Association

Volumn 64, Issue 10, 2014, Pages 1162-1165

  Zia, Yousaf ^a   Sabir, Muhammad ^b   Zia ul Islam, ^a   Saeed, Imran Ullah ^c  

^a National Transport Research Centre   (Pakistan)

^b GIK INSTITUTE OF ENGINEERING SCIENCES AND TECHNOLOGY   (Pakistan)

^c Federal Urdu University   (Pakistan)

Author keywords

Fatalities; Injuries; Pedestrian; Road safety

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CAR DRIVING; CHILD; FATALITY; FEMALE; HIGH RISK BEHAVIOR; HUMAN; INJURY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PEDESTRIAN; QUESTIONNAIRE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; TRAFFIC ACCIDENT; TRAFFIC SAFETY; YOUNG ADULT; AGED; INFANT; MORTALITY; NEWBORN; PAKISTAN; PRESCHOOL CHILD; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA;

ACCIDENTS, TRAFFIC; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PAKISTAN; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; WOUNDS AND INJURIES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84907459083     PISSN: 00309982     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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