title: [Comparative clinical-epidemiological assessments of road traffic accidents: emergency room observations in three counties of Moldavia, Romania, during 2005-2010].
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To assess road traffic injuries according to some descriptive parameters.
  
  
  METHODS
  The study was carried out on a series of 5374 patients admitted to emergency rooms at Iasi (n=3050), Botosani (n=1187), and Vaslui (n=l137), between 2005 and 2010.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Most frequently, the patient was a young, male adult, with cranial cerebral trauma, leg fracture, forearm contusion, or polytrauma, presenting to the emergency room most commonly in the month of August, weekends, and interval noon-dawn interval.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  The impact of road trauma epidemic would facilitate a better adaptation of the medical staff to case dynamics and increase the efficacy of primary prevention programs.
authors.affiliation: Universităţii de Medicină şi Farmacie Gr. T. Popa Iaşi Universitatea de Medicină şi Farmacie Gr. T. Popa Iaşi Facultatea de Medicină.
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Manole
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Ciuhodaru
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Rădăuceanu
authors.forename: Carmena-Nicoleta
authors.initials: CN
authors.lastname: Piseru
authors.forename: Georgeta
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Zanoschi
authors.forename: Alina
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Manole
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Ivan
mesh_terms: D000063:Accidents, Traffic / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D000328:Adult; D006259:Craniocerebral Trauma / Q000453:epidemiology*; D004636:Emergency Service, Hospital / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D005260:Female; D050723:Fractures, Bone / Q000453:epidemiology*; D006801:Humans; D007297:Inpatients / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009104:Multiple Trauma / Q000453:epidemiology*; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D012383:Romania / Q000453:epidemiology