Understanding the effect of deployment on the risk of fatal motor vehicle crashes: A nested case-control study of fatalities in Gulf War era veterans, 1991-1995

Accident Analysis and Prevention

Volumn 38, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 518-525

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

^a UNIFORMED SERVICES UNIVERSITY OF THE HEALTH SCIENCES   (United States)

^b Health Research and Analysis LLC   (United States)

^c DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS   (United States)

^d EPICON Associates   (United States)

^e MEDSTAR RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^f East Tower   (United States)

Author keywords

Accident; Case control; Gulf War; Military; Mortality; Motor vehicle

Indexed keywords

BEHAVIORAL RESEARCH; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PROFESSIONAL ASPECTS; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RISK ASSESSMENT; VEHICLES;

CASE-CONTROL; GULF WAR; MILITARY; MORTALITY; MOTOR VEHICLES;

ACCIDENTS;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE CONTROL STUDY; FEMALE; HIGH RISK BEHAVIOR; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MILITARY MEDICINE; MORTALITY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SOLDIER; STATISTICAL MODEL; STATISTICS; TRAFFIC ACCIDENT; UNITED STATES; VETERAN; WAR;

ACCIDENTS, TRAFFIC; ADULT; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; FEMALE; GULF WAR; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MILITARY MEDICINE; MILITARY PERSONNEL; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS; RISK-TAKING; UNITED STATES; VETERANS;

EID: 33644896531     PISSN: 00014575     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.aap.2005.11.009     Document Type: Article

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