Car insurance and the risk of car crash injury

Accident Analysis and Prevention

Volumn 35, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 987-990

  Blows, Stephanie ^a   Ivers, Rebecca Q ^a   Connor, Jennie ^b   Ameratunga, Shanthi ^b   Norton, Robyn ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Case control study; Insurance; Risky driving; Traffic accidents

Indexed keywords

AUTOMOBILE DRIVERS; DATA REDUCTION; GROUND VEHICLES; INSURANCE; RISK ASSESSMENT;

RISKY DRIVING;

ACCIDENT PREVENTION;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CASE CONTROL STUDY; EPIDEMIOLOGY; FEMALE; HIGH RISK BEHAVIOR; HUMAN; INSURANCE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEW ZEALAND; RISK; RISK ASSESSMENT; SOCIAL CLASS; STATISTICAL MODEL; STATISTICS; TRAFFIC ACCIDENT;

ACCIDENTS, TRAFFIC; ADULT; AGED; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CONFOUNDING FACTORS (EPIDEMIOLOGY); FEMALE; HUMANS; INSURANCE; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEW ZEALAND; ODDS RATIO; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK-TAKING; SOCIAL CLASS;

EID: 0042831197     PISSN: 00014575     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0001-4575(02)00106-9     Document Type: Article

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