ATV deaths among older adults in West Virginia: Evidence suggesting that "60 is the new 40!"

Southern Medical Journal

Volumn 102, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 465-469

  Helmkamp, James C ^a   Carter, Mary W ^b  

^a WEST VIRGINIA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

All terrain vehicle (ATV); Fatality; Older adults

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CAUSE OF DEATH; DEATH CERTIFICATE; FEMALE; GROUPS BY AGE; HEAD AND NECK INJURY; HUMAN; INTERNATIONAL CLASSIFICATION OF DISEASES; LIMB INJURY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; THORAX INJURY; TRAFFIC ACCIDENT; UNITED STATES; ACCIDENT; ADOLESCENT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; MIDDLE AGED; MOTOR VEHICLE; REGISTER; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; VITAL STATISTICS;

ACCIDENTS; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MORTALITY; OFF-ROAD MOTOR VEHICLES; REGISTRIES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; VITAL STATISTICS; WEST VIRGINIA; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 65649108914     PISSN: 00384348     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/SMJ.0b013e31819d97f2     Document Type: Article

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