Validity of self reported crashes and injuries in a longitudinal study of young adults

Injury Prevention

Volumn 5, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 142-144

  Begg, Dorothy J ^a   Langley, John D ^a   Williams, Sheila M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Hospitalised injury; Self report; Traffic crashes; Validity

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLASSIFICATION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; FEMALE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INJURY; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MALE; NEW ZEALAND; PATIENT PARTICIPATION; REPRODUCIBILITY; RISK FACTOR; STATISTICS; TRAFFIC ACCIDENT;

ACCIDENTS, TRAFFIC; ADULT; FEMALE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; NEW ZEALAND; PATIENT PARTICIPATION; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; RISK FACTORS; WOUNDS AND INJURIES;

EID: 0033146456     PISSN: 13538047     EISSN: 14755785     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/ip.5.2.142     Document Type: Article

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