Head-on crashes on two-way interurban roads: A public health concern in road safety

Gaceta Sanitaria

Volumn 29, Issue , 2015, Pages 16-23

  Olabarria, Marta ^a,b,c   Santamariña Rubio, Elena ^a,b,c   Marí Dell'Olmo, Marc ^a,b,c   Gotsens, Mercè ^a,b,c   Novoa, Ana M ^b,c   Borrell, Carme ^a,b,c   Pérez, Katherine ^a,b,c  

^a CIBER EPIDEMIOLOGÍA Y SALUD PÚBLICA CIBERESP   (Spain)

^b AGÈNCIA DE SALUT PÚBLICA DE BARCELONA   (Spain)

^c BIOMEDICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE SANT PAU IIB SANT PAU   (Spain)

Author keywords

Accidents; Mortality; Risk factors

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; CAR DRIVING; CHILD; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; ENVIRONMENTAL PLANNING; FACTUAL DATABASE; FEMALE; HEALTH; HUMAN; INFANT; MALE; METEOROLOGICAL PHENOMENA; MIDDLE AGED; NEWBORN; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PUBLIC HEALTH; SAFETY; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; TRAFFIC ACCIDENT; VERY ELDERLY; YOUNG ADULT;

ACCIDENTS, TRAFFIC; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AUTOMOBILE DRIVING; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DATABASES, FACTUAL; ENVIRONMENT DESIGN; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; METEOROLOGICAL CONCEPTS; MIDDLE AGED; PUBLIC HEALTH; SAFETY; URBAN HEALTH; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84940702651     PISSN: 02139111     EISSN: 15781283     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.gaceta.2015.03.007     Document Type: Article

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