Road traffic accidents and disability: A cross-section study from Turkey

Esiyok B., Korkusuz I., Canturk G., Alkan H., Karaman A., Hanci I.

DISABILITY AND REHABILITATION, vol.27, no.21, pp.1333-1338, 2005 (SCI-Expanded) identifier identifier identifier

  • Publication Type: Article / Article
  • Volume: 27 Issue: 21
  • Publication Date: 2005
  • Doi Number: 10.1080/09638280500164867
  • Journal Name: DISABILITY AND REHABILITATION
  • Journal Indexes: Science Citation Index Expanded (SCI-EXPANDED), Social Sciences Citation Index (SSCI), Scopus
  • Page Numbers: pp.1333-1338
  • Keywords: road traffic accidents, disability, injury
  • Ankara University Affiliated: No

Abstract

Purpose. To investigate socio- demographic features, lesions which caused disabilities and the rate of disabilities caused by particular lesions and thus to reveal how disabilities are evaluated and general characteristics of disabilities due to road traffic accidents in Turkey.