Work-related traffic crashes: A record linkage study

Accident Analysis and Prevention

Volumn 38, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 14-21

  Boufous, Soufiane ^a   Williamson, Ann ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

Author keywords

Crashes; Occupational; Record linkage; Traffic

Indexed keywords

AUTOMOBILE DRIVERS; DATA REDUCTION; FATIGUE OF MATERIALS; PROBABILITY; RAILROAD TRANSPORTATION;

CASUALTIES; HEAVY TRUCKS; OCCUPATIONAL ROAD CRASHES; RECORD LINKAGE;

CRASHWORTHINESS;

ADOLESCENT; AGED; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; INJURY; LAW ENFORCEMENT; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; MORTALITY; OCCUPATIONAL ACCIDENT; STATISTICS; TRAFFIC ACCIDENT; WORKMAN COMPENSATION;

ACCIDENTS, OCCUPATIONAL; ACCIDENTS, TRAFFIC; ADOLESCENT; AGED; DATA COLLECTION; FEMALE; HUMANS; LAW ENFORCEMENT; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEW SOUTH WALES; WORKERS' COMPENSATION; WOUNDS AND INJURIES;

EID: 27644440038     PISSN: 00014575     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.aap.2005.06.014     Document Type: Article

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