Decomposing the impact of deprivation on child pedestrian casualties in England

Accident Analysis and Prevention

Volumn 40, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 1351-1364

  Graham, Daniel J ^a   Stephens, David A ^b  

^a IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Child pedestrian casualty; Deprivation; Negative binomial GLM; Quasi likelihood; Zero inflation

Indexed keywords

ACCIDENTS; COMPUTER NETWORKS; FOOD PROCESSING; HEALTH; HIGHWAY TRAFFIC CONTROL; REGRESSION ANALYSIS;

(2+1) DIMENSIONS; CHILD PEDESTRIANS; CROSS SECTIONAL ANALYSIS; ELSEVIER (CO); ENGLAND; LINEAR REGRESSION MODEL (LR); ROAD TRAFFIC ACCIDENT (RTA); SOCIO ECONOMIC;

LINEAR REGRESSION;

ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; CHILD; CRIME; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INJURY; RISK FACTOR; SOCIOECONOMICS; STATISTICAL MODEL; STATISTICS; TRAFFIC ACCIDENT; UNITED KINGDOM;

ACCIDENTS, TRAFFIC; ALGORITHMS; CHILD; CRIME; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; ENGLAND; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; LINEAR MODELS; RISK FACTORS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; WOUNDS AND INJURIES;

EID: 46149094388     PISSN: 00014575     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.aap.2008.02.006     Document Type: Article

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