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Record Nr.

UNINA9910453799703321

Titolo

Accidents [[electronic resource] ] : risk factors, health outcomes and safety measures / / Carlo Giacomo Prato, editor

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Hauppauge, N.Y., : Nova Science Publishers, c2011

ISBN

1-62257-070-7

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (266 p.)

Collana

Safety and risk in society

Altri autori (Persone)

Giacomo PratoCarlo

Disciplina

363.1

Soggetti

Traffic accidents

Pedestrian accidents

Pedestrians - Safety measures

Medical emergencies

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

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 García 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, José 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.