Is the number of traffic fatalities in American hospitals decreasing?

Accident Analysis and Prevention

Volumn 37, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 755-760

  Clark, David E ^a,b   Ahmad, Salman ^a  

^a MAINE MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

Dead on arrival; FARS; Fatality; Hospital; Misclassification; Motor vehicle

Indexed keywords

ACCIDENT PREVENTION; AUTOMOBILE DRIVERS; COMPUTER AIDED ANALYSIS; DATABASE SYSTEMS; HOSPITALS; INFORMATION ANALYSIS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS;

DEAD ON ARRIVAL; FARS; FATALITY; MISCLASSIFICATION; MOTOR VEHICLE;

TRAFFIC CONTROL;

ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; HUMAN; MORTALITY; PATIENT TRANSPORT; PREVALENCE; STATISTICS; TRAFFIC ACCIDENT; UNITED STATES;

ACCIDENTS, TRAFFIC; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; HOSPITAL MORTALITY; HUMANS; PREVALENCE; TRANSPORTATION OF PATIENTS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 19944391382     PISSN: 00014575     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.aap.2005.03.015     Document Type: Article

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