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Record Nr.

UNINA9910962139403321

Titolo

Accidents : 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

Edizione

[1st ed.]

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

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.

Sommario/riassunto

This book emerges from the interest in enriching the body of knowledge about accident characteristics, examining health outcomes and proposing measures to overcome societal and economic consequences of accidents. Contributions from different disciplines compose a collection that provides answers to prominent questions from various perspectives. The three parts of the book offer a comprehensive overview of the new state-of-the-practice knowledge about accident characteristics, risk factors, consequences and safety interventions. Combining knowledge from both road and occupational safety, and extending through various disciplines such as engineering, economics, medicine, and statistics, this collection stimulates readers in looking for enhanced solutions to safety problems that are a major threat to human life and cost millions to our society.