A comparison of self-reported motor vehicle collision injuries compared with official collision data: An analysis of age and sex trends using the Canadian National Population Health Survey and Transport Canada data

Accident Analysis and Prevention

Volumn 40, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 559-566

  Roberts, Sharon E ^a   Vingilis, Evelyn ^b   Wilk, Piotr ^c   Seeley, Jane ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

^b WESTERN UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Motor vehicle collision injuries; National Population Health Survey; Self report data; Transport Canada

Indexed keywords

ACCIDENT PREVENTION; DATABASE SYSTEMS; HIGHWAY ACCIDENTS;

MOTOR VEHICLE COLLISION INJURIES; NATIONAL POPULATION HEALTH SURVEY; SELF-REPORT DATA; TRANSPORT CANADA;

GROUND VEHICLES;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; CANADA; COMPARATIVE STUDY; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INJURY; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; SEX DIFFERENCE; STATISTICS; TRAFFIC ACCIDENT;

ACCIDENTS, TRAFFIC; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; CANADA; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; SEX FACTORS; WOUNDS AND INJURIES;

EID: 40149084835     PISSN: 00014575     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.aap.2007.08.017     Document Type: Article

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