Behavioral, demographic, and prior morbidity risk factors for accidental death among men: A case-control study of soldiers

Preventive Medicine

Volumn 36, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 124-130

  Garvey Wilson, Abigail L ^a   Lange, Jeffrey L ^a   Brundage, John F ^a   Frommelt, Robert A ^a  

^a Army Medical Surveillance Activity   (United States)

Author keywords

Accident prevention; Accident proneness; Accidents; Accidents, traffic; Alcohol drinking; Health status indicators; Matched pair analysis; Occupational; Safety; Self injurious behavior; Unintentional injury

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL;

ACCIDENTAL DEATH; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ARMY; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; EDUCATION; EXPERIENCE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH PROGRAM; HEALTH PROMOTION; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INJURY; INTOXICATION; MALE; MENTAL DISEASE; MORBIDITY; MOTORCYCLE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; OCCUPATION; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SAFETY; SOLDIER; SYMPTOM; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0037222730     PISSN: 00917435     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/pmed.2002.1054     Document Type: Article

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