Rural motor vehicle crash risk of death is higher after controlling for injury severity

Journal of Trauma - Injury, Infection and Critical Care

Volumn 62, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 221-225

  Muelleman, Robert L ^a,b   Wadman, Michael C ^a   Tran, T Paul ^a   Ullrich, Fred ^a   Anderson, James R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b NEBRASKA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Mortality rate; Motor vehicle crash; Rural

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ARTICLE; HUMAN; INJURY SCALE; INJURY SEVERITY; INTERNATIONAL CLASSIFICATION OF DISEASES; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MORTALITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK; RURAL AREA; TRAFFIC ACCIDENT; UNITED STATES; URBAN AREA;

ACCIDENTS, TRAFFIC; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HUMANS; INJURY SEVERITY SCORE; LOGISTIC MODELS; NEBRASKA; RISK FACTORS; RURAL HEALTH SERVICES; RURAL POPULATION; SMALL-AREA ANALYSIS; TRAUMA CENTERS;

EID: 33846250854     PISSN: 00225282     EISSN: 15298809     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.ta.0000231696.65548.06     Document Type: Article

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