Comparison of fatalities from work related motor vehicle traffic incidents in Australia, New Zealand, and the United States

Injury Prevention

Volumn 11, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 294-299

  Driscoll, T ^a   Marsh, S ^b   McNoe, B ^c   Langley, J ^c   Stout, N ^b   Feyer, A M ^c,d   Williamson, A ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY AND HEALTH   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO   (New Zealand)

^d PricewaterhouseCoopers USA   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; HUMAN; MIDDLE AGED; MORTALITY; MULTICENTER STUDY; NEW ZEALAND; OCCUPATIONAL ACCIDENT; POISSON DISTRIBUTION; RISK FACTOR; SOCIAL CLASS; TRAFFIC ACCIDENT; UNITED STATES;

ACCIDENTS, OCCUPATIONAL; ACCIDENTS, TRAFFIC; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AUSTRALIA; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; NEW ZEALAND; POISSON DISTRIBUTION; RISK FACTORS; SOCIAL CLASS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 26944445388     PISSN: 13538047     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/ip.2004.008094     Document Type: Article

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