Slippery road conditions and fatal motor vehicle crashes in the Northeastern United States, 1998-2002

American Journal of Public Health

Volumn 96, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 914-920

  Marmor, Michael ^a   Marmor, Nicholas E ^b  

^a NEW YORK UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE; ARTICLE; DRIVER; DRIVER LICENCE; FATALITY; FEMALE; GOVERNMENT; HIGHWAY; HUMAN; JUVENILE; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NATIONAL HIGHWAY TRAFFIC SAFETY ADMINISTRATION; RISK FACTOR; ROAD TYPE; SEASON; SEX DIFFERENCE; SLIPPERY ROAD; TIME; TIME OF DAY; TRAFFIC ACCIDENT; TRAFFIC SAFETY; UNITED STATES; URBAN RURAL DIFFERENCE; VELOCITY; WEATHER;

ACCIDENTS, TRAFFIC; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AUTOMOBILE DRIVING; FEMALE; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RISK FACTORS; UNITED STATES; WEATHER;

EID: 33646256551     PISSN: 00900036     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2105/AJPH.2004.050070     Document Type: Article

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