Geographic variability of fatal road traffic injuries in Spain during the period 2002-2004: An ecological study

BMC Public Health

Volumn 7, Issue , 2007, Pages

  Rivas Ruiz, Francisco ^a   Perea Milla, Emilio ^a   Jimenez Puente, Alberto ^a  

^a HOSPITAL COSTA DEL SOL   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL;

ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR; CAUSE OF DEATH; CULTURAL FACTOR; ECOSYSTEM; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; GEOGRAPHY; HUMAN; MORTALITY; MOTOR VEHICLE; MULTIPLE LINEAR REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RISK FACTOR; SPAIN; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; STEP WISE MULTIPLE REGRESSION; TRAFFIC; TRAFFIC ACCIDENT; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; CAR DRIVING; CASE REPORT; ECOLOGY; ENVIRONMENTAL PLANNING; HIGH RISK BEHAVIOR; MIDDLE AGED; POISSON DISTRIBUTION; POPULATION DENSITY; SOCIOECONOMICS; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; STATISTICS;

ACCIDENTS, TRAFFIC; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AUTOMOBILE DRIVING; DATA INTERPRETATION, STATISTICAL; ECOLOGY; ENVIRONMENT DESIGN; GEOGRAPHY; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; POISSON DISTRIBUTION; POPULATION DENSITY; RISK FACTORS; RISK-TAKING; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; SPAIN;

EID: 35748964431     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712458     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2458-7-266     Document Type: Article

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