Changes in driver fatality rates and vehicle incompatibility concurrent with changes in the passenger vehicle fleet

Public Health Reports

Volumn 122, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 319-328

  Braitman, Keli A ^a   Ferguson, Susan A ^a,b   Elharam, Kamal ^a,c  

^a Insurance Institute for Highway Safety ^*  (United States)

^b Ferguson International LLC   (United States)

^c Senior Service America Inc   (United States)

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Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRIVER; DRIVING ABILITY; FATALITY; HEALTH CARE; HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TRAFFIC ACCIDENT; TRAFFIC SAFETY; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; CLASSIFICATION; FEMALE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MORTALITY; MOTOR VEHICLE; PUBLIC HEALTH; SEX RATIO; STATISTICS;

ACCIDENTS, TRAFFIC; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOTOR VEHICLES; PUBLIC HEALTH; SEX DISTRIBUTION;

EID: 34250350073     PISSN: 00333549     EISSN: 14682877     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/003335490712200305     Document Type: Article

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