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03147cam a2200313 4500 |
| 020 ## - INTERNATIONAL STANDARD BOOK NUMBER |
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| International Standard Book Number |
9241207817 |
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(Sirsi) 9241207817 |
| 060 ## - NATIONAL LIBRARY OF MEDICINE CALL NUMBER |
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WA 275 |
| 008 - FIXED-LENGTH DATA ELEMENTS--GENERAL INFORMATION |
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890509s1989 eng |
| 110 2# - MAIN ENTRY--CORPORATE NAME |
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| Corporate name or jurisdiction name as entry element |
WHO Study Group on New Approaches to Improve Road Safety. |
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| Title |
L' amélioration de la sécurité routière : |
| Remainder of title |
nouvelles approches : rapport d'un Groupe d' étude de l' OMS [réuni à Genève du 14 au 18 décembre 1987] |
| 242 10 - TRANSLATION OF TITLE BY CATALOGING AGENCY |
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| Title |
Nuevos enfoques para mejorar la seguridad vial : |
| Remainder of title |
informe de un Grupo de Estudio de la OMS [se reunió en Ginebra del 14 al 18 de diciembre de 1987] |
| 245 00 - TITLE STATEMENT |
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| Title |
New approaches to improve road safety : |
| Remainder of title |
report of a WHO study group [meeting held in Geneva from 14 to 18 December 1987] |
| 260 ## - PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, ETC. (IMPRINT) |
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| Place of publication, distribution, etc. |
Geneva : |
| Name of publisher, distributor, etc. |
World Health Organization, |
| Date of publication, distribution, etc. |
1989. |
| 300 ## - PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION |
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| Extent |
62 p. |
| 440 #0 - SERIES STATEMENT/ADDED ENTRY--TITLE |
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| Title |
World Health Organization technical report series ; |
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no. 781 |
| 520 3# - SUMMARY, ETC. |
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| Summary, etc. |
Outlines new approaches to road safety based on a review of worldwide experiences in the prevention of road accidents. Addressed to national authorities, the book emphasizes the value of practical lessons that can be drawn from recent experiences, including the need for a problem-oriented design of safety measures and programmes, the importance of adopting a multisectoral approach, and the advantages of decentralized policies supported by involvement at the local level. Specific preventive measures, such as speed limits, safety belts, vehicle standards, driver education, and alcohol regulations, are also considered. The first half of the book provides a critical analysis of current accident prevention policies and the reasons why they so often fail to reduce the number of accidents and deaths. Common problems identified range from the shortage of safety lobbies with the power to influence decision-makers to the simple fact that accidents are generally poor vote-catching material. Readers are also reminded that traffic accidents are basically dysfunctions of the road and transport systems, and that citizens cannot be expected to be the sole initiators or implementors of safety policies. The second half of the book concentrates on practical information of use in assessing and designing accident prevention programmes. A review of policies on road traffic safety in selected industrialized countries covers the use of such measures as speed limits, alcohol regulations, safety belts and helmets, driver education and vehicle inspection as well as a number of measures and safety initiatives undertaken by local authorities, particularly in cities. The report concludes with an overview of safety problems and trends in 32 developing countries, where the rapidly growing number of accidents justifies particular concern. |
| 546 ## - LANGUAGE NOTE |
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| Language note |
eng fre rus spa. |
| 550 ## - ISSUING BODY NOTE |
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| Issuing body note |
WHODOC |
| 561 ## - OWNERSHIP AND CUSTODIAL HISTORY |
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| History |
WHO monograph |
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4 |
| 650 02 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM |
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| Topical term or geographic name as entry element |
Accidents, Traffic |
| General subdivision |
prevention and control. |
| 650 02 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM |
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| Topical term or geographic name as entry element |
Safety. |
| 690 ## - LOCAL SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM (OCLC, RLIN) |
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| Topical term or geographic name as entry element |
Environment and Public Health. |
| 710 2# - ADDED ENTRY--CORPORATE NAME |
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| Corporate name or jurisdiction name as entry element |
World Health Organization. |
| 856 ## - ELECTRONIC LOCATION AND ACCESS |
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| Uniform Resource Identifier |
<a href="https://apps.who.int/iris/">https://apps.who.int/iris/</a> |
| 856 ## - ELECTRONIC LOCATION AND ACCESS |
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| Uniform Resource Identifier |
<a href="https://apps.who.int/iris/">https://apps.who.int/iris/</a> |
| 942 ## - ADDED ENTRY ELEMENTS (KOHA) |
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NLM Classification Scheme |
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DOCUMENT |
