Urban Sprawl as a Risk Factor in Motor Vehicle Occupant and Pedestrian Fatalities

American Journal of Public Health

Volumn 93, Issue 9, 2003, Pages 1541-1545

  Ewing, Reid ^a,d   Schieber, Richard A ^b   Zegeer, Charles V ^c  

^a The State University of New Jersey   (United States)

^b NATIONAL CENTER FOR INJURY PREVENTION AND CONTROL   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; FATALITY; PEDESTRIAN; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RISK FACTOR; TRAFFIC ACCIDENT; UNITED STATES; URBANIZATION; CITY PLANNING; ENVIRONMENTAL PLANNING; HUMAN; INJURY; MORTALITY; POPULATION GROWTH; PUBLIC HEALTH; RESEARCH; STATISTICS; WALKING;

ACCIDENTS, TRAFFIC; CITY PLANNING; ENVIRONMENT DESIGN; HUMANS; POPULATION GROWTH; PUBLIC HEALTH; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RESEARCH; UNITED STATES; WALKING; WOUNDS AND INJURIES;

EID: 0141721486     PISSN: 00900036     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2105/AJPH.93.9.1541     Document Type: Article

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