Pedestrians’ exposure to road traffic crashes in urban environment: A case study of Peshawar, Pakistan

Journal of the Pakistan Medical Association

Volumn 68, Issue 4, 2018, Pages 615-623

  Shah, Syed Akhtar Ali ^a   Ahmad, Numan ^b   Ha, Ahn Byung ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PESHAWAR   (Pakistan)

^b NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCES AND TECHNOLOGY   (Pakistan)

^c Gwangju Institute of Science and Technology (GIST)   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Pakistan; Pedestrians; Peshawar; Road traffic crashes (RTCs)

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR; DEATH; EXPOSURE; FATALITY; HUMAN; INJURY; JURISPRUDENCE; PEDESTRIAN; TRAFFIC ACCIDENT; URBAN AREA; VULNERABLE POPULATION; CAR DRIVING; CITY; MORTALITY; PAKISTAN; PREVENTION AND CONTROL; PSYCHOLOGY; RURAL POPULATION; URBAN POPULATION;

ACCIDENTS, TRAFFIC; AUTOMOBILE DRIVING; BEHAVIOR; BUILT ENVIRONMENT; CITIES; HUMANS; PAKISTAN; PEDESTRIANS; RURAL POPULATION; URBAN POPULATION; WOUNDS AND INJURIES;

EID: 85044155148     PISSN: 00309982     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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