Assessing the relative risk of severe injury in automotive crashes for older female occupants

Accident Analysis and Prevention

Volumn 38, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 148-154

  Hill, John D ^a   Boyle, Linda Ng ^a  

^a IA United States   (United States)

Author keywords

Injury severity; Logistic regression; Older female; Vehicle safety

Indexed keywords

ACCIDENT PREVENTION; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MEDICAL PROBLEMS; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RISK MANAGEMENT;

AUTOMOTIVE CRASHES; INJURY SEVERITY; LOGISTIC REGRESSION; OLDER FEMALE; VEHICLE SAFETY;

ACCIDENTS;

AGE; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ARTICLE; CASE CONTROL STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INJURY; INJURY SCALE; MIDDLE AGED; REGISTER; RISK; STATISTICAL MODEL; STATISTICS; TRAFFIC ACCIDENT; UNITED STATES;

ACCIDENTS, TRAFFIC; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGE FACTORS; AGED; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; LOGISTIC MODELS; MIDDLE AGED; REGISTRIES; RISK; TRAUMA SEVERITY INDICES; UNITED STATES; WOUNDS AND INJURIES;

EID: 27644581757     PISSN: 00014575     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.aap.2005.08.006     Document Type: Article

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