Accidents risk factors, health outcomes and safety measures /

Corporate Author: ebrary, Inc.
Other Authors: Giacomo Prato, Carlo.
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Hauppauge, N.Y. : Nova Science Publishers, c2011.
Series:Safety and risk in society
Subjects:
Online Access:http://site.ebrary.com/lib/ucy/Doc?id=10683164
Table of Contents:
  • 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 Garcβia 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, Josβe 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.