A comparison of information on motor vehicle crashes as reported by written or telephone interviews

Injury Prevention

Volumn 12, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 117-120

  Alonso, A ^a,b   Laguna, S ^a   Segui Gomez M ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NAVARRA   (Spain)

^b HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^c JOHNS HOPKINS BLOOMBERG SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; CAR DRIVING; COHORT ANALYSIS; COMPARATIVE STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; QUESTIONNAIRE; REPRODUCIBILITY; REVIEW; RISK FACTOR; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SPAIN; STANDARD; TRAFFIC ACCIDENT;

ACCIDENTS, TRAFFIC; ADULT; AUTOMOBILE DRIVING; COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; QUESTIONNAIRES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; RISK FACTORS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SPAIN;

EID: 33645943027     PISSN: 13538047     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/ip.2005.009134     Document Type: Review

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