Urban-rural differences in motor vehicle crash fatality and hospitalization rates among children and youth

Accident Analysis and Prevention

Volumn 38, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 122-127

  Kmet, Leanne ^a   MacArthur, Colin ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

^b University of Toronto   (Canada)

Author keywords

Child; Hospitalization; Mortality; Motor vehicle; Urban rural

Indexed keywords

ACCIDENT PREVENTION; COLLISION AVOIDANCE; HEALTH HAZARDS; MEDICAL PROBLEMS; MOTOR TRANSPORTATION; PATIENT REHABILITATION;

CHILD; HOSPITALIZATION; MORTALITY; MOTOR VEHICLES; URBAN-RURAL;

ACCIDENTS;

ADOLESCENT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARTICLE; CANADA; CHILD; COMPARATIVE STUDY; FEMALE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INFANT; INJURY; MALE; MORTALITY; NEWBORN; POISSON DISTRIBUTION; PRESCHOOL CHILD; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RISK; RURAL POPULATION; SEX RATIO; STATISTICS; TRAFFIC ACCIDENT; URBAN POPULATION;

ACCIDENTS, TRAFFIC; ADOLESCENT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ALBERTA; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; POISSON DISTRIBUTION; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RISK; RURAL POPULATION; SEX DISTRIBUTION; URBAN POPULATION; WOUNDS AND INJURIES;

EID: 27644476355     PISSN: 00014575     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.aap.2005.07.007     Document Type: Article

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