The influence of age on the morbidity and mortality of pedestrian victims

Traffic Injury Prevention

Volumn 7, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 182-190

  Henary, Basem Y ^a,b   Ivarsson, B Johan ^a   Crandall, Jeff R ^a  

^a University of Virginia   (United States)

^b NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

Adult; Age; Crash; Injury; Pedestrian Victim; Senior

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; BODY HEIGHT; BODY WEIGHT; DATA BASE; FEMALE; GENDER; HUMAN; INJURY SCALE; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MALE; MAXIMUM ABBREVIATED INJURY SCORE; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PEDESTRIAN; SCORING SYSTEM; TRAFFIC ACCIDENT; VELOCITY; VICTIM;

ACCIDENTS, TRAFFIC; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DATABASES; FEMALE; HUMANS; INJURY SEVERITY SCORE; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MODELS, STATISTICAL; MOTOR VEHICLES; RISK FACTORS; WOUNDS AND INJURIES;

EID: 33646476985     PISSN: 10286586     EISSN: 1538957X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/15389580500516414     Document Type: Article

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