Ageing and injury severity among road traffic accident victims;Vieillissement et gravit́e des atteintes ĺesionnelles des victimes d' accident de la circulation routìere

Recherche - Transports - Securite

Volumn , Issue 79-80, 2003, Pages 121-133

  Lafont, Sylviane ^a   Laumon, Bernard ^a  

^a INRETS UCBL   (France)

Author keywords

Ageing; Casualties; Epidemiology; Injury; Road traffic accident

Indexed keywords

AGING POPULATION; INJURY; PEDESTRIAN; ROAD TRANSPORT; TRANSPORTATION SAFETY;

FRANCE; RHONE-ALPES;

EID: 0344961341     PISSN: 07618980     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/s0761-8980(03)00010-4     Document Type: Article

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