The influence of passengers on the risk of the driver causing a car collision in Spain: Analysis of collisions from 1990 to 1999

Accident Analysis and Prevention

Volumn 36, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 481-489

  Rueda Domingo, Trinidad ^a   Lardelli Claret, Pablo ^a,b   Luna del Castillo, Juan de Dios ^a   Jiménez Moleón, José Juan ^a   Garća Mart́n, Miguel ^a   Bueno Cavanillas, Aurora ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GRANADA   (Spain)

^b Facultad de Farmacia   (Spain)

Author keywords

Case control studies; Odds ratio; Risk; Traffic crash

Indexed keywords

COLLISION AVOIDANCE; DATABASE SYSTEMS; GROUND VEHICLES; PASSENGER CARS; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RISKS; TRAFFIC CONTROL; TRANSPORTATION PERSONNEL;

CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; ODDS RATIO; TRAFFIC CRASH;

PEDESTRIAN SAFETY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CAR DRIVING; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CHILD; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PRESCHOOL CHILD; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK; RISK FACTOR; SPAIN; STATISTICS; TRAFFIC ACCIDENT;

ACCIDENTS, TRAFFIC; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AUTOMOBILE DRIVING; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; ODDS RATIO; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; SPAIN;

EID: 1442286226     PISSN: 00014575     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0001-4575(03)00043-5     Document Type: Article

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