Observational failures/distraction and disease attack/incapacity as cause(s) of fatal road crashes in Finland

Traffic Injury Prevention

Volumn 9, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 211-216

  Tervo, Timo M T ^a   Neira, Waldir ^a   Kivioja, Aarne ^b   Sulander, Pekka ^b   Parkkari, Kalle ^b   Holopainen, Juha M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

^b Finnish Motor Insurers Centre   (Finland)

Author keywords

Diseases Attack Incapacity; Fatal Motor Vehicle Accidents; Observational Failure Distraction

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ATTENTION; CAR DRIVING; FEMALE; FINLAND; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MORTALITY; OBSERVATION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SUDDEN DEATH; TRAFFIC ACCIDENT;

ACCIDENTS, TRAFFIC; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ATTENTION; AUTOMOBILE DRIVING; DEATH, SUDDEN; FEMALE; FINLAND; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OBSERVATION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 45849094018     PISSN: 15389588     EISSN: 1538957X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/15389580802040303     Document Type: Article

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