A small area study of motor vehicle crash fatalities in Alberta, Canada

Accident Analysis and Prevention

Volumn 35, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 177-182

  Kmet, Leanne ^a   Brasher, Penny ^a   Macarthur, Colin ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

^b HOSPITAL FOR SICK CHILDREN   (Canada)

Author keywords

Mortality; Population surveillance; Small area study; Traffic accidents

Indexed keywords

ACCIDENT PREVENTION; GROUND VEHICLES; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; REGRESSION ANALYSIS;

TRAFFIC ACCIDENTS;

HIGHWAY ACCIDENTS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANADA; CHILD; CLINICAL TRIAL; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFANT; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MORTALITY; MULTICENTER STUDY; NEWBORN; PRESCHOOL CHILD; RISK FACTOR; TRAFFIC ACCIDENT;

ACCIDENTS, TRAFFIC; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ALBERTA; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DEMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RISK FACTORS; SMALL-AREA ANALYSIS;

EID: 0037334014     PISSN: 00014575     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0001-4575(01)00101-4     Document Type: Article

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