Temporal factors in motor vehicle crash deaths

Injury Prevention

Volumn 11, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 18-23

  Farmer, C M ^a   Williams, A F ^a  

^a Ins Institute for Highway Safety ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL;

ARTICLE; AWARENESS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEATH; DRUNKEN DRIVING; FATALITY; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LEISURE; PEDESTRIAN; RECREATION; RISK FACTOR; SPRING; TIME SERIES ANALYSIS; TRAFFIC ACCIDENT; TRAVEL; UNITED STATES; WINTER;

ACCIDENTS, TRAFFIC; ALCOHOL DRINKING; AUTOMOBILE DRIVING; HOLIDAYS; HUMANS; MOTORCYCLES; PERIODICITY; RECREATION; RISK FACTORS; SEASONS; TRAVEL; UNITED STATES;

EID: 13844289173     PISSN: 13538047     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/ip.2004.005439     Document Type: Article

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