Effect of vehicle and crash factors on older occupants

Journal of Safety Research

Volumn 34, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 441-452

  Austin, Rory A ^a   Faigin, Barbara M ^a  

^a NATIONAL HIGHWAY TRAFFIC SAFETY ADMINISTRATION   (United States)

Author keywords

Age; Exposure; Injury risk; Motor vehicle; Traffic crashes

Indexed keywords

ACCIDENT PREVENTION; ACCIDENTS; BEHAVIORAL RESEARCH; DATABASE SYSTEMS; HIGHWAY ACCIDENTS; RISK ASSESSMENT; SURVEYS;

FATALITIES; INJURY RISKS;

AUTOMOBILE DRIVERS;

ADULT; AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; CAR DRIVING; CLASSIFICATION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; INJURY; INJURY SCALE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MORTALITY; MOTOR VEHICLE; REGISTER; RISK FACTOR; SAFETY; STATISTICS; TRAFFIC ACCIDENT; UNITED STATES;

ACCIDENTS, TRAFFIC; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AUTOMOBILE DRIVING; DATA COLLECTION; FEMALE; HUMANS; INJURY SEVERITY SCORE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOTOR VEHICLES; REGISTRIES; RISK FACTORS; SAFETY; UNITED STATES; WOUNDS AND INJURIES;

EID: 0242657687     PISSN: 00224375     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jsr.2003.09.004     Document Type: Article

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