Predictors of motor vehicle collision injuries among a nationally representative sample of Canadians

Traffic Injury Prevention

Volumn 8, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 411-418

  Vingilis, Evelyn ^a   Wilk, Piotr ^b  

^a WESTERN UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Alcohol; Canada; Health status; Medication; Motor vehicle injuries; Population survey

Indexed keywords

ADDICTION; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ALCOHOLISM; ARTICLE; CANADA; CAR DRIVING; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INJURY; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK; RISK FACTOR; SEX DIFFERENCE; STATISTICS; TRAFFIC ACCIDENT;

ACCIDENTS, TRAFFIC; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ALCOHOLISM; AUTOMOBILE DRIVING; CANADA; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; ODDS RATIO; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; SEX FACTORS; SUBSTANCE-RELATED DISORDERS; WOUNDS AND INJURIES;

EID: 36248966505     PISSN: 15389588     EISSN: 1538957X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/15389580701626202     Document Type: Article

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