Relative risk of injury and death in ambulances and other emergency vehicles

Accident Analysis and Prevention

Volumn 35, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 941-948

  Becker, L R ^a   Zaloshnja, E ^a   Levick, N ^b   Li, Guohua ^c   Miller, Ted R ^a  

^a PACIFIC INSTITUTE FOR RESEARCH AND EVALUATION   (United States)

^b Och Spine at New York Presbyterian Hospitals   (United States)

^c JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Ambulance crashes; Fire trucks; Injuries; Police cars

Indexed keywords

AMBULANCES; ESTIMATION; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; TRAFFIC CONTROL; TRUCKS;

FIRE TRUCKS;

ACCIDENT PREVENTION;

AMBULANCE; ARTICLE; HUMAN; MORTALITY; MOTOR VEHICLE; RISK ASSESSMENT; STATISTICAL MODEL; STATISTICS; TRAFFIC ACCIDENT;

ACCIDENTS, TRAFFIC; AMBULANCES; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MOTOR VEHICLES; RISK ASSESSMENT;

EID: 0041328601     PISSN: 00014575     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0001-4575(02)00102-1     Document Type: Article

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