Effect of environmental factors on the risk of death for drivers of two-wheeled motorized vehicles involved in road crashes;Efecto de las circunstancias ambientales sobre el riesgo de defunción de los conductores de vehículos de dos ruedas de motor implicados en accidentes de tráfico

Gaceta Sanitaria

Volumn 21, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 197-203

  Donate López, Carolina ^a   Espigares Rodríguez, Elena ^a   Jiménez Moleón, José Juan ^a   Del Castillo, Juan De Dios Luna ^a   Bueno Cavanillas, Aurora ^a   Lardelli Claret, Pablo ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GRANADA   (Spain)

^b s n   (Spain)

Author keywords

Death; Environment; Motorcycles; Risk factors; Traffic accidents

Indexed keywords

EID: 34547683526     PISSN: 02139111     EISSN: 15781283     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1157/13106801     Document Type: Article

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