An ecological study of the locations of schools and child pedestrian injury collisions

Accident Analysis and Prevention

Volumn 36, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 569-576

  LaScala, Elizabeth A ^a   Gruenewald, Paul J ^a   Johnson, Fred W ^a  

^a PREVENTION RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Child; Demographics; Injury; Pedestrian; Schools

Indexed keywords

ECOLOGY; PEDESTRIAN SAFETY; POPULATION STATISTICS; SCHOOL BUILDINGS; TRAFFIC CONTROL;

CHILD PEDESTRIAN INJURY; DEMOGRAPHICS;

ACCIDENTS;

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CHILD; CLINICAL TRIAL; DEMOGRAPHY; HUMAN; INJURY; MULTICENTER STUDY; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SCHOOL; STATISTICS; STUDENT; TOPOGRAPHY; TRAFFIC ACCIDENT; UNITED STATES;

ACCIDENTS, TRAFFIC; ADOLESCENT; CALIFORNIA; CHILD; DEMOGRAPHY; HUMANS; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RESIDENCE CHARACTERISTICS; SCHOOLS; STUDENTS; TOPOGRAPHY, MEDICAL; WOUNDS AND INJURIES;

EID: 1942537172     PISSN: 00014575     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0001-4575(03)00063-0     Document Type: Article

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