Road traffic injuries in developing countries: a comprehensive review of epidemiological studies

W Odero, P Garner, A Zwi - Tropical Medicine & International …, 1997 - Wiley Online Library
Motor vehicle accidents are the leading cause of death in adolescents and young adults
worldwide. Nearly three‐quarters of road deaths occur in developing countries and men …

How can Saudi Arabia use the Decade of Action for Road Safety to catalyse road traffic injury prevention policy and interventions?

YA Al Turki - International journal of injury control and safety …, 2014 - Taylor & Francis
Motor vehicle accidents are the leading cause of death in adolescents and young adults
worldwide. Nearly three-quarters of road deaths occur in developing countries and men …

[PDF][PDF] Strategy to improve road safety in developing countries

A Bener, FM Abu-Zidan, AK Bensiali… - Saudi medical …, 2003 - academia.edu
Objective: To review the road safety situation in developed and developing countries
compared with the Arabian Gulf countries and suggest a strategy to improve it. The role of …

Influence of drivers' comprehension of posted signs on their safety related characteristics

H Al-Madani - Accident Analysis & Prevention, 2000 - Elsevier
The paper studies the relationship between drivers' understanding of posted signs in three
of the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) states, Bahrain, Qatar and the United Arab Emirates …

Road traffic injuries in Al-Ain City, United Arab Emirates

A Bener, GH Absood, NV Achan… - Journal of the Royal …, 1992 - journals.sagepub.com
Road traffic injuries are the second major cause of death in the United Arab Emirates (UAE).
A retrospective study for a 1 year period of all road traffic accidents and injuries was …

Incidence and trend of road traffic injuries and related deaths in Kuwait: 2000–2009

AH Ziyab, S Akhtar - Injury, 2012 - Elsevier
Road traffic injuries (RTIs), disabilities and deaths are recognised as a major public health
problem worldwide. This study aimed to quantify the magnitude and the trends of RTI-related …

Clinical characteristics and outcomes of critically ill obstetric patients: a ten-year review

A Aldawood - Annals of Saudi medicine, 2011 - annsaudimed.net
BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVES: Pregnancy and delivery can involve complications that
necessitate admission to critical care facilities. The objective of our study was to assess the …

Road accidents: a third burden of 'disease'in sub-Saharan Africa

VO Onywera, C Blanchard - Global health promotion, 2013 - journals.sagepub.com
Road traffic injuries (RTIs) continue to be a major cause of death and disability throughout
low-and middle-income countries (LMICs). The aim of this commentary is highlight some of …

Human factors as causes for road traffic accidents in the Sultanate of Oman under consideration of road construction designs

K Plankermann - 2014 - epub.uni-regensburg.de
The Sultanate of Oman has one of the highest road traffic accident (RTA) related fatality
rates worldwide (Al Lamki, 2010). Since Sultan Qaboos addressed this issue in a speech in …

Estimation of fatalities due to road traffic crashes in Karachi, Pakistan, using capture-recapture method

MU Lateef - Asia Pacific Journal of Public Health, 2010 - journals.sagepub.com
The objective of the study was to estimate the magnitude of road traffic fatalities occurring in
Karachi, Pakistan. A 2-source capture—recapture model was applied to obtain a reliable …