03104nam a2200373 a 4500 ebr10683164 CaPaEBR m u cr cn||||||||| 120518s2011 nyua sb 001 0 eng d 2012018497 9781622570102 (hardcover) 9781622570706 (e-book) CaPaEBR CaPaEBR (OCoLC)828424706 HE5614 .A23 2011eb 363.1 23 Accidents [electronic resource] : risk factors, health outcomes and safety measures / Carlo Giacomo Prato, editor. Hauppauge, N.Y. : Nova Science Publishers, c2011. viii, 256 p. : ill. Safety and risk in society Includes bibliographical references and index. 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 Garc�ia 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, Jos�e 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. Electronic reproduction. Palo Alto, Calif. : ebrary, 2013. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ebrary affiliated libraries. Traffic accidents. Pedestrian accidents. Pedestrians Safety measures. Medical emergencies. Electronic books. local Giacomo Prato, Carlo. ebrary, Inc. Safety and risk in society series. http://site.ebrary.com/lib/rucke/Doc?id=10683164 An electronic book accessible through the World Wide Web; click to view 32415 32415