Factors affecting the likelihood of reporting road crashes resulting in medical treatment to the police

Injury Prevention

Volumn 13, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 186-189

  Loo, B P Y ^a   Tsui, K L ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^b HOSPITAL AUTHORITY   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CAR; CAR DRIVING; FACTUAL DATABASE; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HONG KONG; HOSPITAL; HUMAN; INJURY; MALE; MORTALITY; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SAFETY; STATISTICS; TRAFFIC ACCIDENT;

ACCIDENTS, TRAFFIC; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AUTOMOBILE DRIVING; AUTOMOBILES; DATABASES, FACTUAL; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEYS; HONG KONG; HOSPITALS; HUMANS; MALE; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS; SAFETY; WOUNDS AND INJURIES;

EID: 34347230525     PISSN: 13538047     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/ip.2006.013458     Document Type: Article

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