A joint econometric analysis of seat belt use and crash-related injury severity

Accident Analysis and Prevention

Volumn 39, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 1037-1049

  Eluru, Naveen ^a   Bhat, Chandra R ^a  

^a The University of Texas at Austin   (United States)

Author keywords

Crash injury severity; Discrete choice models with endogeneity; Random coefficients; Seat belt use; Selective recruitment

Indexed keywords

AUTOMOBILE DRIVERS; BEHAVIORAL RESEARCH; ECONOMIC ANALYSIS; HIGHWAY ACCIDENTS;

CRASH INJURY SEVERITY; RANDOM COEFFICIENTS; SEAT BELT USE; SELECTIVE RECRUITMENT;

AUTOMOBILE SEAT BELTS;

ADULT; AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; CLASSIFICATION; EPIDEMIOLOGY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INJURY; INJURY SCALE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MONTE CARLO METHOD; RISK; SEATBELT; SEX DIFFERENCE; STATISTICAL MODEL; STATISTICS; TRAFFIC ACCIDENT; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

ACCIDENTS, TRAFFIC; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; BIAS (EPIDEMIOLOGY); FEMALE; HUMANS; INJURY SEVERITY SCORE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MODELS, ECONOMETRIC; MODELS, STATISTICAL; MONTE CARLO METHOD; ODDS RATIO; SEAT BELTS; SEX FACTORS; STATISTICS AS TOPIC; UTILIZATION REVIEW; WOUNDS AND INJURIES;

EID: 34548509192     PISSN: 00014575     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.aap.2007.02.001     Document Type: Article

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