Association between road vehicle collisions and recent medical contact in older drivers: A case-crossover study

Injury Prevention

Volumn 13, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 382-387

  Leproust, Sandy ^b   Lagarde, Emmanuel ^b   Suissa, Samy ^d   Salmi, L Rachid ^a,b,c  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE BORDEAUX   (France)

^b INSERM   (France)

^c BORDEAUX UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (France)

^d ROYAL VICTORIA HOSPITAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; CANADA; EPIDEMIOLOGY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT ATTITUDE; STATISTICS; TIME; TRAFFIC ACCIDENT;

ACCIDENTS, TRAFFIC; AGED; EPIDEMIOLOGIC METHODS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT ACCEPTANCE OF HEALTH CARE; QUEBEC; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 37749029966     PISSN: 13538047     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/ip.2007.016477     Document Type: Article

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