Trends in motor vehicle traffic fatalities among Hispanics, non-Hispanic whites and American Indians in New Mexico, 1958-1990

Ethnicity and Health

Volumn 1, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 283-291

  Schiff, Melissa ^a   Becker, Thomas ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW MEXICO SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

Accidents; Hispanic Americans; Indian; Mortality; Traffic

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AMERICAN INDIAN; ARTICLE; CAUCASIAN; CHILD; COHORT ANALYSIS; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DEATH CERTIFICATE; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HISPANIC; HUMAN; INFANT; MALE; MORTALITY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; RISK FACTOR; SEX RATIO; STATISTICS; TRAFFIC ACCIDENT; UNITED STATES;

ACCIDENTS, TRAFFIC; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COHORT STUDIES; DEATH CERTIFICATES; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEMALE; HISPANIC AMERICANS; HUMANS; INDIANS, NORTH AMERICAN; INFANT; MALE; NEW MEXICO; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; RISK FACTORS; SEX DISTRIBUTION;

EID: 0030224433     PISSN: 13557858     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13557858.1996.9961797     Document Type: Review

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