Motor vehicle driver injury and socioeconomic status: A cohort study with prospective and retrospective driver injuries

Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health

Volumn 57, Issue 7, 2003, Pages 512-516

  Whitlock, G ^a,b   Norton, R ^c   Clark, T ^d   Pledger, M ^b   Jackson, R ^b   MacMahon, S ^c  

^a RADCLIFFE INFIRMARY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND   (New Zealand)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^d UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COHORT ANALYSIS; INJURY; MEDICAL GEOGRAPHY; SOCIOECONOMIC STATUS;

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARTICLE; CAUSE OF DEATH; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DRIVING ABILITY; EDUCATION; EPIDEMIOLOGICAL DATA; EXPERIENCE; FEMALE; GENDER; HIGH SCHOOL; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INCOME; INJURY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; NEW ZEALAND; OCCUPATION; OCCUPATIONAL ACCIDENT; RISK ASSESSMENT; SOCIOECONOMICS; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; TRAFFIC ACCIDENT; URBAN POPULATION; VOLUNTEER;

ACCIDENTS, TRAFFIC; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AUTOMOBILE DRIVING; CONFOUNDING FACTORS (EPIDEMIOLOGY); EPIDEMIOLOGIC METHODS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEW ZEALAND; SOCIAL CLASS; WOUNDS AND INJURIES;

NEW ZEALAND;

EID: 0038818487     PISSN: 0143005X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/jech.57.7.512     Document Type: Article

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