Validity of police-reported information on injury severity for those hospitalized from motor vehicle traffic crashes

Traffic Injury Prevention

Volumn 10, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 184-190

  McDonald, Gabrielle ^a   Davie, Gabrielle ^a   Langley, John ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

ICISS; Injury; Police reported crashes; Severity; Traffic

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CAR; CHILD; FEMALE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INFANT; INJURY SCALE; LAW ENFORCEMENT; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEW ZEALAND; NEWBORN; PRESCHOOL CHILD; STATISTICS; TRAFFIC ACCIDENT;

ACCIDENTS, TRAFFIC; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AUTOMOBILES; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; INJURY SEVERITY SCORE; LAW ENFORCEMENT; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEW ZEALAND;

EID: 67650770103     PISSN: 15389588     EISSN: 1538957X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/15389580802593699     Document Type: Article

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