Accidents, Traffic - Mortality
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Friday, March 19, 2010

Neurological injuries from car surfing.

30 Oct 2009 OBJECT: Trauma secondary to car surfing is a unique mechanism of head and spinal injury in children and adolescents. In this study, the authors present their experience with neurological injuries resulting from car surfing and describe the growing ... Read more...

Primary access to vehicles increases risky teen driving behaviors and crashes: national perspective.

29 Sep 2009 OBJECTIVE: The goal was to explore teen driver vehicle access and its association with risky driving behaviors and crashes. METHODS: A nationally representative, school-based survey of 2167 ninth-, 10th-, and 11th-graders examined patterns of ... Read more...

Risk factors for 24-hour mortality after traumatic rib fractures owing to motor vehicle accidents: a nationwide population-based study.

29 Sep 2009 BACKGROUND: Accurate identification of patients at high risk of death as a result of major chest trauma is essential within a trauma system. We used 3-year population-based data in Taiwan to evaluate risk factors associated with 24-hour mortality ... Read more...

Latest indexed articles for 'Accidents, Traffic - Mortality'

These are the very latest articles for this heading:

• Neurological injuries from car surfing. 30 Oct 2009
• Primary access to vehicles increases risky teen driving behaviors and crashes: national perspective. 29 Sep 2009
• Fatalities and injuries in motor vehicle backing crashes. 29 Sep 2009
• Commentary: moving forward by looking behind you. 29 Sep 2009
• Risk factors for 24-hour mortality after traumatic rib fractures owing to motor vehicle accidents: a nationwide population-based study. 29 Sep 2009
• The effectiveness of antilock brake systems on motorcycles in reducing real-life crashes and injuries. 29 Sep 2009
• The impact of replacing heavy passenger vehicles (LTVs and SUVs) in the British Columbia fleet with lighter versions. 29 Sep 2009
• Comparison of distributions of key predictor variables in CIREN and NASS-CDS cases meeting CIREN inclusion criteria. 29 Sep 2009
• Use of car crashes resulting in fatal and serious injuries to analyze a safe road transport system model and to identify system weaknesses. 29 Sep 2009
• Ethnicity, age, and trends in alcohol-related driver fatalities in the United States. 29 Sep 2009
• Commentary: How traffic crashes were reduced in China--experience and difficulties. 29 Sep 2009
• [Frequency of forensic autopsies after deaths in road traffic accidents] 22 Sep 2009
• Studies probe US traffic injuries, deaths: focus on factors that reduce, exacerbate toll. 14 Sep 2009
• Global patterns of mortality in young people: a systematic analysis of population health data. 10 Sep 2009
• ATV (quad bike) injuries in New Zealand children: their extent and severity. 9 Sep 2009
• [Nine out of ten traffic accidents occur in middle and low income countries] 8 Sep 2009
• Bicycling injuries and mortality in Victoria, 2001-2006. Comment. 5 Sep 2009
• Bicycling injuries and mortality in Victoria, 2001-2006. 5 Sep 2009
• The report by Naghavi et al. entitled 'Adverse health outcomes of road traffic injuries in Iran after rapid motorization'. 30 Aug 2009
• Impact of motorcycle helmets and state laws on society's burden: a national study. 30 Aug 2009

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Technical information about 'Accidents, Traffic'

Definition: Accidents on streets, roads, and highways involving drivers, passengers, pedestrians, or vehicles. Traffic accidents refer to AUTOMOBILES (passenger cars, buses, and trucks), BICYCLING, and MOTORCYCLES but not OFF-ROAD MOTOR VEHICLES; RAILROADS nor snowmobiles.

Descriptor UI: D000063

Alternative terms: Accidents, Traffic; Traffic Accidents; Accident, Traffic; Traffic Accident;

Related Mesh Headings: Seat Belts; Air Bags;

Allowable Qualifiers: classification; economics; legislation & jurisprudence; mortality; prevention & control; psychology; statistics & numerical data; trends;

Tree Number: N06.850.135.392;

Technical Notes: implies automobile accid so do not coord with AUTOMOBILES unless the auto is especially discussed; coord IM with BICYCLING (IM) or MOTORCYCLES (IM) if pertinent; not for railroad accidents ( = RAILROADS + ACCIDENTS) or all-terrain vehicles, motorbikes or snowmobiles ( = OFF-ROAD MOTOR VEHICLES + ACCIDENTS)