Association between cellular-telephone calls and motor vehicl collisions

New England Journal of Medicine

Volumn 336, Issue 7, 1997, Pages 453-458

  Redelmeier, Donald A ^a,c   Tibshirani, Robert J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^c SUNNYBROOK RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; TELEPHONE; TRAFFIC ACCIDENT;

ACCIDENTS, TRAFFIC; ADULT; AUTOMOBILE DRIVING; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; ONTARIO; RISK; SAFETY; TELEPHONE;

EID: 0031024865     PISSN: 00284793     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1056/NEJM199702133360701     Document Type: Article

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