Crosswalk markings and the risk of pedestrian-motor vehicle collisions in older pedestrians

JAMA

Volumn 288, Issue 17, 2002, Pages 2136-2143

  Koepsell, Thomas ^a   McCloskey, Lon ^b   Wolf, Marsha ^c   Moudon, Anne Vernez ^d   Buchner, David ^e   Kraus, Jess ^f   Patterson, Matthew ^g  

^a Department of Epidemiology ^*  (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^c U S DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES   (United States)

^d College of Architecture and Urban Planning ^*  (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^f NATIONAL CENTER FOR CHRONIC DISEASE PREVENTION AND HEALTH PROMOTION   (United States)

^g UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MORTALITY; MOTOR VEHICLE; PEDESTRIAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENESCENCE; TRAFFIC ACCIDENT; URBAN POPULATION;

EID: 0037032382     PISSN: 00987484     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/jama.288.17.2136     Document Type: Article

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