Understanding causes of injuries in motor vehicle crashes

Transportation Quarterly

Volumn 50, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 105-113

  Kim, Karl ^a,b,c   Nitz, Lawrence ^a,d,e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII   (United States)

^b BROWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c U S DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION   (United States)

^d Hawaii CODES Project

^e MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACCIDENT PREVENTION; AUTOMOBILE SEAT BELTS; HEALTH HAZARDS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MOTOR TRANSPORTATION; PLANNING;

ANALYSES OF VARIANCE; HAWAII; INJURIES; MOTOR VEHICLE CRASHES; TRANSPORTATION PLANNING;

HIGHWAY ACCIDENTS;

EID: 0030551292     PISSN: 02789434     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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