Secular trends of motor vehicle mortality in the United States, 1910-1994

Accident Analysis and Prevention

Volumn 33, Issue 3, 2001, Pages 423-432

  Li, Guohua ^a,b   Shahpar, Cyrus ^a   Grabowski, Jurek George ^a   Baker, Susan P ^a,b  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b JOHNS HOPKINS BLOOMBERG SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

Age effect; Cohort effect; Epidemiologic method; Motor vehicle crashes

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ARTICLE; CHILD; COHORT ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFANT; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MORTALITY; NEWBORN; POISSON DISTRIBUTION; PRESCHOOL CHILD; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RISK; SEX RATIO; TRAFFIC ACCIDENT; UNITED STATES;

ACCIDENTS, TRAFFIC; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MORTALITY; POISSON DISTRIBUTION; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RISK; SEX DISTRIBUTION; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0035349722     PISSN: 00014575     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0001-4575(00)00056-7     Document Type: Article

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