Role of disease in initiating the crashes of fatally injured drivers

Accident Analysis and Prevention

Volumn 28, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 307-314

  Sjögren, Harmeet ^a   Eriksson, Anders ^a   Öström, Mats ^a  

^a UMEÅ UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Disease; Elderly; Fatal; Injury; Motor vehicle drivers; Trauma

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; AUTOPSY; CAR DRIVING; FEMALE; GENERAL ASPECTS OF DISEASE; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INJURY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MORTALITY; PATHOLOGY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PROBABILITY; RISK FACTOR; SEX DIFFERENCE; TRAFFIC ACCIDENT;

ACCIDENTS, TRAFFIC; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; AUTOMOBILE DRIVING; AUTOPSY; DISEASE; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROBABILITY; RISK FACTORS; SEX FACTORS; WOUNDS AND INJURIES;

EID: 0030140223     PISSN: 00014575     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0001-4575(96)00062-0     Document Type: Article

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