Factors affecting the severity of injuries among young motorcyclists - A Swedish nationwide cohort study

Traffic Injury Prevention

Volumn 7, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 143-149

  Zambon, Francesco ^a,b   Hasselberg, Marie ^a  

^a KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

^b NONE   (Italy)

Author keywords

Injury Severity; Motorcycles; Risk Factors; Young Drivers

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ARTICLE; COHORT ANALYSIS; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; FATALITY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; INJURY SEVERITY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MOTORCYCLE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; POLICE; REGISTER; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RURAL AREA; SWEDEN; TRAFFIC ACCIDENT; VELOCITY;

ACCIDENTS, TRAFFIC; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; ALCOHOL DRINKING; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; COHORT STUDIES; DATABASES; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; INJURY SEVERITY SCORE; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MOTORCYCLES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; SEX FACTORS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; SWEDEN; WOUNDS AND INJURIES;

EID: 33646484647     PISSN: 10286586     EISSN: 1538957X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/15389580600555759     Document Type: Article

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