Disability among adults injured in motor-vehicle crashes in the United States

Journal of Safety Research

Volumn 35, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 447-452

  Shults, Ruth A ^a   Jones, Bruce H ^b   Kresnow, Marcie jo ^a   Langlois, Jean A ^a   Guerrero, Janet L ^c  

^a CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (United States)

^b US Army Ctr for Hlth Prom/Prev   (United States)

^c USA   (United States)

Author keywords

Automobiles; Disability; National Health Interview Survey; Prevention; Traffic accidents

Indexed keywords

AUTOMOBILE DRIVERS; ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL EFFECTS; HANDICAPPED PERSONS; HEALTH CARE; HIGHWAY TRAFFIC CONTROL; PATIENT REHABILITATION; SOCIAL ASPECTS; SURVEYS;

CHRONIC-HEALTH CONDITIONS; CRASH-RELATED INJURIES; LONG-TERM EFFECTS; NATIONAL HEALTH INTERVIEW SURVEY;

HIGHWAY ACCIDENTS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ARTICLE; CHRONIC DISEASE; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; DISABLED PERSON; FEMALE; HUMAN; INJURY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MUSCULOSKELETAL DISEASE; STATISTICS; TRAFFIC ACCIDENT; UNITED STATES; WORK CAPACITY;

ACCIDENTS, TRAFFIC; ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; CHRONIC DISEASE; DISABLED PERSONS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MUSCULOSKELETAL DISEASES; UNITED STATES; WORK CAPACITY EVALUATION; WOUNDS AND INJURIES;

EID: 4944225073     PISSN: 00224375     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jsr.2004.06.001     Document Type: Article

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