Statistical adjustment for misclassification of seat belt and alcohol use in the analysis of motor vehicle accident data

Accident Analysis and Prevention

Volumn 39, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 117-124

  Guo, Haifeng ^a   Eskridge, Kent M ^b   Christensen, Daniel ^c   Qu, Ming ^c   Safranek, Thomas ^c  

^a MINNEAPOLIS MEDICAL RESEARCH FOUNDATION   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA LINCOLN   (United States)

^c Nebraska Health and Human Services System   (United States)

Author keywords

Medical costs; Misclassified binary variables; Odds ratio; Seat belt usage

Indexed keywords

ACCIDENT PREVENTION; ALCOHOLS; GROUND VEHICLES; HIGHWAY ACCIDENTS; MEDICAL PROBLEMS; MONTE CARLO METHODS; STATISTICAL METHODS;

BINARY VARIABLES; POLICE OFFICERS; SEAT BELT USAGE;

AUTOMOBILE SEAT BELTS;

ARTICLE; CAR DRIVING; DRINKING BEHAVIOR; EPIDEMIOLOGY; HIGH RISK BEHAVIOR; HUMAN; INJURY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; RECUMBENCY; RISK; SAFETY; SEATBELT; STATISTICAL MODEL; STATISTICS; TRAFFIC ACCIDENT; UNITED STATES; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

ACCIDENTS, TRAFFIC; ALCOHOL DRINKING; AUTOMOBILE DRIVING; DECEPTION; HUMANS; MODELS, STATISTICAL; ODDS RATIO; RISK-TAKING; SAFETY; SEAT BELTS; SELECTION BIAS; UNITED STATES; WOUNDS AND INJURIES;

EID: 33750283076     PISSN: 00014575     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.aap.2006.06.012     Document Type: Article

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