The effects of semi truck driver age and gender and the presence of passengers on collisions with other vehicles

Traffic Injury Prevention

Volumn 10, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 266-272

  Bunn, T L ^a   Yu, L ^a   Slavova, S ^a   Bathke, A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY   (United States)

Author keywords

Age; At fault; Case control; Older semi truck driver; Passengers; Semi trucks

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; AWARENESS; CASE CONTROL STUDY; DATA BASE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOTOR VEHICLE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK; RISK FACTOR; SEX DIFFERENCE; STATISTICAL MODEL; STATISTICS; TRAFFIC ACCIDENT; UNITED STATES;

ACCIDENTS, TRAFFIC; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; AWARENESS; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; DATABASES AS TOPIC; FEMALE; HUMANS; KENTUCKY; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOTOR VEHICLES; ODDS RATIO; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; SEX FACTORS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 69149083148     PISSN: 15389588     EISSN: 1538957X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/15389580902857622     Document Type: Article

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