Estimating crashes involving heavy vehicles in Western Australia, 1999-2000: A capture-recapture method

Accident Analysis and Prevention

Volumn 38, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 170-174

  Meuleners, Lynn B ^a   Lee, Andy H ^b   Cercarelli, L Rina ^a   Legge, Matthew ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^b CURTIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Capture recapture; Heavy vehicle crashes; Surveillance; Western Australia

Indexed keywords

ACCIDENT PREVENTION; AUTOMOBILE DRIVERS; GROUND VEHICLES; HOSPITALS; LAW ENFORCEMENT; MEDICAL PROBLEMS; STATISTICAL METHODS;

CAPTURE-RECAPTURE METHOD; HEAVY VEHICLE CRASHES; HEAVY VEHICLE DRIVERS; SURVEILLANCE; WESTERN AUSTRALIA;

ACCIDENTS;

ADULT; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; INJURY; LAW ENFORCEMENT; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD; METHODOLOGY; MORTALITY; MOTOR VEHICLE; STATISTICS; TRAFFIC ACCIDENT;

ACCIDENTS, TRAFFIC; ADULT; FEMALE; HUMANS; LAW ENFORCEMENT; MALE; MEDICAL RECORDS; MOTOR VEHICLES; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; RECORDS; WESTERN AUSTRALIA; WOUNDS AND INJURIES;

EID: 27644570361     PISSN: 00014575     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.aap.2005.09.003     Document Type: Article

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