Turning at intersections and pedestrian injuries

Traffic Injury Prevention

Volumn 7, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 283-289

  Roudsari, Bahman ^a   Kaufman, Robert ^a   Koepsell, Thomas ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

Crosswalk; Environmental Modification; Intersection; Left Turn; Pedestrian Injury; Right Turn

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FATALITY; HUMAN; INJURY SEVERITY; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MOTOR VEHICLE; PEDESTRIAN; PREDICTION; TRAFFIC ACCIDENT; TRAFFIC SAFETY; UNITED STATES; VELOCITY;

ABBREVIATED INJURY SCALE; ACCELERATION; ACCIDENTS, TRAFFIC; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; HUMANS; INFANT; MIDDLE AGED; RUNNING; UNITED STATES; WALKING; WOUNDS AND INJURIES;

EID: 33749012559     PISSN: 15389588     EISSN: 1538957X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/15389580600660153     Document Type: Article

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