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

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Giacomo Prato, Carlo.

Series:

Safety and risk in society series.

Safety and risk in society

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Traffic accidents.

Pedestrian accidents.

Pedestrians--Safety measures.

Pedestrians.

Medical emergencies.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (266 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

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

Language Note:

English

Summary:

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.

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 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.

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

1-62257-070-7

OCLC:

872683613