Epidemiological and clinical profile of fatality in vulnerable road users at a high volume trauma center
Author(s) -
AngelineNeetha Radjou,
SMohan Kumar
Publication year - 2018
Publication title -
journal of emergencies trauma and shock
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.313
H-Index - 29
eISSN - 0974-519X
pISSN - 0974-2700
DOI - 10.4103/jets.jets_55_17
Subject(s) - medicine , trauma center , demographics , case fatality rate , medical emergency , pedestrian , emergency medicine , epidemiology , road traffic , injury prevention , cause of death , poison control , environmental health , demography , surgery , retrospective cohort study , geography , transport engineering , archaeology , sociology , engineering , disease , pathology
Motorized two-wheelers, pedestrians, and cyclists are termed vulnerable road users (VRUs).Globally up to 50% of road deaths involve VRU and up to 80% in developing and rapidly motorizing economies.
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