Crash injury risks for obese occupants using a matched-pair analysis

Traffic Injury Prevention

Volumn 9, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 59-64

  Viano, David C ^a   Parenteau, Chantal S ^a   Edwards, Mark L ^b  

^a PROBIOMECHANICS LLC   (United States)

^b Edwards Partnership Inc   (United States)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; CAR DRIVING; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CHI SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INJURY; INJURY SCALE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MORTALITY; OBESITY; PROBABILITY; REFERENCE VALUE; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEX RATIO; STATISTICAL MODEL; SURVIVAL RATE; TRAFFIC ACCIDENT;

ACCIDENTS, TRAFFIC; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; AUTOMOBILE DRIVING; BODY MASS INDEX; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; INJURY SEVERITY SCORE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MODELS, STATISTICAL; OBESITY; PROBABILITY; REFERENCE VALUES; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEX DISTRIBUTION; SURVIVAL RATE; WOUNDS AND INJURIES;

EID: 40749122170     PISSN: 15389588     EISSN: 1538957X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/15389580701737645     Document Type: Article

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