Passenger seating position and the risk of passenger death in traffic crashes: A matched cohort study

Injury Prevention

Volumn 12, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 83-86

  Smith, K M ^a,b   Cummings, P ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; CAR; CHILD; COHORT ANALYSIS; COMPARATIVE STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFANT; INJURY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MORTALITY; NEWBORN; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PROTECTIVE EQUIPMENT; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RISK; SEATBELT; STATISTICS; TRAFFIC ACCIDENT;

ACCIDENTS, TRAFFIC; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AIR BAGS; AUTOMOBILES; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; ODDS RATIO; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SEAT BELTS; WOUNDS AND INJURIES;

EID: 33645935073     PISSN: 13538047     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/ip.2005.010306     Document Type: Article

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