Motor vehicle fatalities among Gulf War era veterans: Characteristics, mechanisms, and circumstances

Traffic Injury Prevention

Volumn 7, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 31-37

  Lincoln, Andrew E ^a,b,c   Hooper, Tomoko I ^b   Kang, Han K ^a,b,g   DeBakey, Samar F ^d   Cowan, David N ^b,e   Gackstetter, Gary D ^b,f  

^a DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS   (United States)

^b Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences and the Walter Reed National Military Medical Center   (United States)

^c MEDSTAR RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^d Health Research and Analysis LLC   (United States)

^e EPICON Associates   (United States)

^f ANSER   (United States)

^g War Related Illness/Inj Stud Ctr   (United States)

Author keywords

Accident; Fatality; Gulf War; Military; Motor Vehicle Crash; Veteran

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ARMY; ARTICLE; CAR DRIVING; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUNKEN DRIVING; EDUCATION; FATALITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; POPULATION; RESEARCH; RISK FACTOR; TRAFFIC ACCIDENT; VETERAN; WAR;

ACCIDENTS, TRAFFIC; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; ALCOHOL DRINKING; EDUCATION; FEMALE; GULF WAR; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RISK FACTORS; SEX FACTORS; SLEEP STAGES; VETERANS;

EID: 32844458563     PISSN: 10286586     EISSN: 1538957X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/15389580500412028     Document Type: Article

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