Accidents risk factors, health outcomes and safety measures /

Accidents risk factors, health outcomes and safety measures / [electronic resource] : Carlo Giacomo Prato, editor. - Hauppauge, N.Y. : Nova Science Publishers, c2011. - viii, 256 p. : ill. - Safety and risk in society . - Safety and risk in society series. .

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Preface -- Promoting safe transit : analyzing bus accident patterns / Carlo Giacomo Prato -- Elderly pedestrians in dense urban areas : case study of Paris / Marion Maestracci -- Quantifying the influence of social characteristics on accident and injuries risk : a comparative study between motorcyclists and car drivers / Allan Lyckegaard, Morten N. Olesen, Tove Hels -- Very seriously injured : in-depth investigation of road accident characteristics and medical consequences in Germany / Eike A. Schmidt -- Assessing the safety climate in operating rooms : the case of healthcare organizations in Mexico / Daniel Velazquez-Martinez -- Knowledge, attitudes and practices of medical students toward accidental blood exposure / Latifa Adarmouch, Safwane Mouwafaq, Majda Sebbani, Mohamed Amine -- Occupational accidents patterns / Juan Carlos Conte, Ana Isabel Garcia Emilio Rubio -- Occupational accidents : prevalence, risk factors and health outcomes / Simo Salminen -- A macro-analysis of impacts of safety interventions on road safety developments in a country / Victoria Gitelman, Limor Hendel -- Do safety based incentives in public private partnerships (PPPS) are effective at improving safety ratios? : the case of Spain / Thais Range, Jose Manuel Vassallo, Blanca Arenas -- The role of roadside safety criteria in accident reduction and injury severity mitigation / Carlos Roque -- Study of visibility and the position of barrier lines on two-way highways / Erica Santos Matos -- Pedestrian accidents on rural roads : exploring the phenomenon and examination of reduction potential of road safety measures / Victoria Gitelman, Roby Carmel, Fany Pesahov -- Index.


Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, MI : ProQuest, 2015. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest affiliated libraries.

9781622570706 (electronic bk.)




Traffic accidents.
Pedestrian accidents.
Pedestrians--Safety measures.
Medical emergencies.


Electronic books.

HE5614 / .A23 2011

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