http://dx.doi.org/10.5902/217976926206Traffic accidents are among the leading causes of death, and in Brazil, this represents the third leading cause of death, surpassed by homicides and heart diseases. Objective: to evaluate publications seekingto identify the morbidity and mortality profile of traffic accidents. Method: this review was conducted in the Virtual Health Library, using the followingdescriptors: “medical emergency” AND “traffic accident” AND “morbidity” AND “mortality”. We used the following limits: studies published from 1988 to 2010, in Portuguese and English. 47 studies have been identified. 15 articles were selected through exploratory reading. Results: in general, the head is the body area most affected, followed by lower...
An attempt to estimate the impact of occupation on worker's health was made as part of the rationale...
OBJETIVO: Complementar a informação sobre a causa básica de morte em óbitos por causas externas com ...
OBJECTIVE To estimate the potential years of life lost by road traffic injuries three years after t...
The considerable increase in the elderly population is resulting in several studies on the effects o...
The paper describes the situation of road traffic accidents in Brazil since 1998, when a new Brazili...
Casualties treated in a Emergency Hospital of Porto Alegre, Brazil, during the year 1988, for injuri...
Objective: Victims of external causes of trauma, caused either by traffic accidents or by violence i...
This study aimed to analyze the epidemiological characteristics of accidents and violence against ch...
This is an epidemiological, descriptive, comparative study whose objective was to compare the mortal...
INTRODUCTION: Morbidity due to motor vehicle accidents was analysed in a descriptive study based on ...
The subject of this study is the causes of violent deaths in the city of S. Paulo, during the years ...
OBJETIVO: Discutir a situação da mortalidade por acidentes de trânsito a partir da caracterização da...
Foi realizado um estudo com o objetivo de descrever certos aspectos epidemiológicos dos acidentes de...
We analyzed morbidity and mortality rates due to external causes among elderly persons in a city in ...
In order to describe trends in traffic accidents, mortality, vehicle types, fleet sizes, and victims...
An attempt to estimate the impact of occupation on worker's health was made as part of the rationale...
OBJETIVO: Complementar a informação sobre a causa básica de morte em óbitos por causas externas com ...
OBJECTIVE To estimate the potential years of life lost by road traffic injuries three years after t...
The considerable increase in the elderly population is resulting in several studies on the effects o...
The paper describes the situation of road traffic accidents in Brazil since 1998, when a new Brazili...
Casualties treated in a Emergency Hospital of Porto Alegre, Brazil, during the year 1988, for injuri...
Objective: Victims of external causes of trauma, caused either by traffic accidents or by violence i...
This study aimed to analyze the epidemiological characteristics of accidents and violence against ch...
This is an epidemiological, descriptive, comparative study whose objective was to compare the mortal...
INTRODUCTION: Morbidity due to motor vehicle accidents was analysed in a descriptive study based on ...
The subject of this study is the causes of violent deaths in the city of S. Paulo, during the years ...
OBJETIVO: Discutir a situação da mortalidade por acidentes de trânsito a partir da caracterização da...
Foi realizado um estudo com o objetivo de descrever certos aspectos epidemiológicos dos acidentes de...
We analyzed morbidity and mortality rates due to external causes among elderly persons in a city in ...
In order to describe trends in traffic accidents, mortality, vehicle types, fleet sizes, and victims...
An attempt to estimate the impact of occupation on worker's health was made as part of the rationale...
OBJETIVO: Complementar a informação sobre a causa básica de morte em óbitos por causas externas com ...
OBJECTIVE To estimate the potential years of life lost by road traffic injuries three years after t...