Fatal All-Terrain Vehicle Crashes. Injury Types and Alcohol Use

American Journal of Preventive Medicine

Volumn 36, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 311-316

  Hall, Aron J ^a,b   Bixler, Danae ^b   Helmkamp, James C ^c   Kraner, James C ^b   Kaplan, James A ^b  

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

^b West Virginia Department of Health and Human Resources   (United States)

^c WEST VIRGINIA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACCIDENTS; ACCIDENTS, TRAFFIC; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ALCOHOL DRINKING; CHILD; COMORBIDITY; DEATH CERTIFICATES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OFF-ROAD MOTOR VEHICLES; SEX DISTRIBUTION; SUBSTANCE-RELATED DISORDERS; WEST VIRGINIA; WOUNDS AND INJURIES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 61649096100     PISSN: 07493797     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.amepre.2008.11.019     Document Type: Article

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