Snowmobile fatalities - Aspects on preventive measures from a 25-year review

Accident Analysis and Prevention

Volumn 34, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 563-568

  Öström, Mats ^a   Eriksson, Anders ^a,b  

^a UMEÅ UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b Office of the Medical Examiner   (United States)

Author keywords

Alcohol; Fatality; Injury; Prevention; Snowmobile

Indexed keywords

ACCIDENT; ACCIDENT PREVENTION; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ALCOHOL INTOXICATION; ARTICLE; CAUSE OF DEATH; CHILD; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MORTALITY; MOTOR VEHICLE; POISSON DISTRIBUTION; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RISK FACTOR; STATISTICS; SWEDEN;

ACCIDENT PREVENTION; ACCIDENTS; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ALCOHOLIC INTOXICATION; CAUSE OF DEATH; CHILD; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OFF-ROAD MOTOR VEHICLES; POISSON DISTRIBUTION; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RISK FACTORS; SWEDEN;

EID: 0036628658     PISSN: 00014575     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0001-4575(01)00057-4     Document Type: Article

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