The association between sudden illness and motor vehicle crash mortality and injury among older drivers in NSW, Australia

Accident Analysis and Prevention

Volumn 37, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 563-567

  Lam, Lawrence T ^a   Lam, Mary K P ^b  

^a CHILDREN S HOSPITAL AT WESTMEAD   (Australia)

^b BANKSTOWN LIDCOMBE HOSPITAL   (Australia)

Author keywords

Chronic illness; Crash injury; Older drivers; Risk factor; Sudden illness

Indexed keywords

AUTOMOBILE DRIVERS; CRASHWORTHINESS; DATA ACQUISITION; PATIENT TREATMENT; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RISK ASSESSMENT; TRAFFIC CONTROL;

CHRONIC ILLNESS; CRASH INJURY; DRIVING ERRORS; OLDER DRIVERS; SUDDEN ILLNESS;

HIGHWAY ACCIDENTS;

AGE; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; CRITICAL ILLNESS; EPIDEMIOLOGY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INJURY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RISK FACTOR; SEX RATIO; STATISTICS; SURVIVAL; TRAFFIC ACCIDENT;

ACCIDENTS, TRAFFIC; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGE FACTORS; AGED; CAUSALITY; CRITICAL ILLNESS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEW SOUTH WALES; RISK FACTORS; SEX DISTRIBUTION; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS; WOUNDS AND INJURIES;

EID: 14844361772     PISSN: 00014575     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.aap.2004.09.009     Document Type: Article

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