Motor vehicle trauma in Northeastern Ohio. I: Incidence and outcome by age, sex, and road-use category

American Journal of Epidemiology

Volumn 123, Issue 5, 1986, Pages 846-861

  Barancik, Jerome I ^a,b   Chatterjee, Barbara F ^c   Greene cradden, Yvonne C ^d   Michenzi, Elana M ^e   Kramer, Caroline F ^a   Thode, Henry C ^a   Fife, Daniel ^f  

^a BROOKHAVEN NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^b STONY BROOK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d Code 3 Health Information Systems/ ^*  (United States)

^e G and M Health Care Business Systems ^*  (United States)

^f Insurance Institute for Highway Safety ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

Accidents, traffic; Age factors; Morbidity; Mortality; Sex factors; Vehicles; Wounds and injuries

Indexed keywords

AGE; CAR DRIVING; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; CLASSIFICATION; DIAGNOSIS; EDUCATION; EPIDEMIOLOGY; FATALITY; FORENSIC MEDICINE; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INJURY; LEGAL ASPECT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; PEDESTRIAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEX; SEX DIFFERENCE; SHORT SURVEY; SOCIAL ASPECT; THERAPY; TRAFFIC ACCIDENT;

ACCIDENTS, TRAFFIC; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; EPIDEMIOLOGIC METHODS; FEMALE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; MEDICAL RECORDS; MIDDLE AGED; OHIO; SEX FACTORS; URBAN POPULATION; WOUNDS AND INJURIES;

EID: 0022452679     PISSN: 00029262     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/oxfordjournals.aje.a114314     Document Type: Article

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