Using data linkage to assess the impact of motorized recreational vehicle-related injuries in Ohio

Journal of Safety Research

Volumn 39, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 469-475

  Conner, Kristen A ^a   Xiang, Huiyun ^a,b   Groner, Jonathan I ^b   Smith, Gary A ^a,b  

^a NATIONWIDE CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b THE OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

All Terrain Vehicle (ATV); Data Linkage; Hospital Charges; Injury; Injury Severity; Length of Stay; Motor Vehicle; Motorized Recreational Vehicle (MRV); Prevention; Trauma

Indexed keywords

AEROSPACE ENGINEERING; ALL WHEEL DRIVE VEHICLES; HOSPITALS; MAGNETIC PROPERTIES; MAGNETIC SUSCEPTIBILITY; SOUNDING APPARATUS; SPONTANEOUS EMISSION;

ALL-TERRAIN VEHICLE (ATV); DATA LINKAGE; INJURY; INJURY SEVERITY; LENGTH OF STAY; MOTOR VEHICLE; MOTORIZED RECREATIONAL VEHICLE (MRV); PREVENTION; TRAUMA;

VEHICLES;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CHILD; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; ECONOMICS; FEMALE; HOSPITAL CHARGE; HUMAN; INFANT; INFORMATION PROCESSING; INJURY; INJURY SCALE; LENGTH OF STAY; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MOTOR VEHICLE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; NEWBORN; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PROBABILITY; RECREATION; RISK ASSESSMENT; STATISTICAL MODEL; STATISTICS; TRAFFIC ACCIDENT; UNITED STATES;

ACCIDENTS, TRAFFIC; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CONFIDENCE INTERVALS; DATA COLLECTION; FEMALE; HOSPITAL CHARGES; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; INJURY SEVERITY SCORE; LENGTH OF STAY; LINEAR MODELS; MALE; MOTOR VEHICLES; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; OHIO; PROBABILITY; RECREATION; RISK ASSESSMENT; WOUNDS AND INJURIES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 55849122619     PISSN: 00224375     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jsr.2008.07.005     Document Type: Article

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