Accidents : risk factors, health outcomes and safety measures / / Carlo Giacomo Prato, editor

• Pubblicazione: Hauppauge, N.Y., : Nova Science Publishers, c2011
• Edizione: 1st ed.
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (266 p.)
• Disciplina: 363.1
• Soggetto topico: Traffic accidents; Pedestrian accidents; Pedestrians - Safety measures; Medical emergencies
• Altri autori: Giacomo PratoCarlo
• 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.
• Titolo autorizzato: Accidents
• ISBN: 1-62257-070-7
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910962139403321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II
• Serie: Safety and risk in society series.