A geographic analysis of motor vehicle collisions with child pedestrians in Long Beach, California: Comparing intersection and midblock incident locations

Injury Prevention

Volumn 7, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 155-160

  Lightstone, A S ^a   Dhillon, P K ^a   Peek Asa, Corinne ^a   Kraus, J F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Child pedestrian; Geographic information system; Midblock

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARTICLE; CHILD; COHORT ANALYSIS; COMPARATIVE STUDY; FEMALE; GEOGRAPHY; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; MALE; MORTALITY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PROBABILITY; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SEX RATIO; STATISTICS; SURVIVAL RATE; TRAFFIC ACCIDENT; UNITED STATES; WALKING;

ACCIDENTS, TRAFFIC; ADOLESCENT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; CALIFORNIA; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; GEOGRAPHY; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MALE; PROBABILITY; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS; SEX DISTRIBUTION; SURVIVAL RATE; WALKING;

EID: 0035374731     PISSN: 13538047     EISSN: 14755785     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/ip.7.2.155     Document Type: Article

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