Geographical variations in mortality and morbidity from road traffic accidents in England and Wales

Health and Place

Volumn 14, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 519-535

  Jones, A P ^a   Haynes, R ^a   Kennedy, V ^a   Harvey, I M ^b   Jewell, T ^c   Lea, D ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EAST ANGLIA   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF EAST ANGLIA   (United Kingdom)

^c Anglia Support Partnership ^*  (United Kingdom)

^d NATIONAL HEALTH SERVICE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

GIS; Mortality; Road traffic accidents; Spatial variation

Indexed keywords

ACCIDENT; GEOGRAPHICAL VARIATION; GIS; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; ROAD; TRAFFIC CONGESTION; URBAN AREA;

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HUMAN; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; POPULATION RISK; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; TRAFFIC ACCIDENT; UNITED KINGDOM;

ENGLAND; EURASIA; EUROPE; UNITED KINGDOM; WALES; WESTERN EUROPE;

EID: 41349118157     PISSN: 13538292     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.healthplace.2007.10.001     Document Type: Article

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