Increased rural vehicular mortality rates: Roadways with higher speed limits or excessive vehicular speed?

Journal of Trauma

Volumn 63, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 1360-1363

  Gonzalez, Richard P ^a   Cummings, Glenn R ^a   Phelan, Herbert A ^a   Harlin, Shanna ^a   Mulekar, Madhuri ^b   Rodning, Charles B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH ALABAMA   (United States)

^b NATIONAL HIGHWAY TRAFFIC SAFETY ADMINISTRATION   (United States)

Author keywords

Mortality; Rural; Speed; Vehicle

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; HUMAN; MEDICAL RECORD; MORTALITY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RURAL POPULATION; STATISTICS; TRAFFIC ACCIDENT; UNITED STATES;

ACCIDENTS, TRAFFIC; ALABAMA; EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES; HUMANS; MEDICAL RECORD LINKAGE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RURAL POPULATION;

EID: 38949216108     PISSN: 00225282     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/TA.0b013e31815b83b3     Document Type: Article

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