Diseases and motor vehicle fatalities in Finland in 2001 and 2002

Traffic Injury Prevention

Volumn 8, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 321-328

  Rainio, Juha ^a,d   Sulander, Pekka ^b   Hantula, Lasse ^b   Nuutinen, Juha ^b   Karkola, Kari ^c  

^a CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY   (Italy)

^b VALT   (Finland)

^c UNIVERSITY OF EASTERN FINLAND   (Finland)

^d TAMPERE UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Finland)

Author keywords

Accident Registration; Drivers' Fitness; Epidemiology; Licensing; Risk Factors; Traffic Safety

Indexed keywords

ADDICTION; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CEREBRAL ARTERY DISEASE; FEMALE; FINLAND; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOOD DISORDER; MORTALITY; RISK FACTOR; STATISTICS; TRAFFIC ACCIDENT;

ACCIDENTS, TRAFFIC; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; CEREBRAL ARTERIAL DISEASES; FEMALE; FINLAND; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOOD DISORDERS; RISK FACTORS; SUBSTANCE-RELATED DISORDERS;

EID: 34548105447     PISSN: 15389588     EISSN: 1538957X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/15389580601118862     Document Type: Article

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