Vehicle Model Year and Crash Outcomes: A CIREN Study

Traffic Injury Prevention

Volumn 10, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 560-566

  Ryb, Gabriel E ^a,b,c   Dischinger, Patricia C ^a   Ho, Shiu ^a  

^a National Study Center for Trauma and Emergency Medical Systems   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

^c Prince Georges Hospital Medical Center   (United States)

Author keywords

CIREN; Crashworthiness; Fatal crashes; Injuries; Traffic accidents; Vehicle model year

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ARTICLE; CAR; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CHI SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; CLASSIFICATION; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; FACTUAL DATABASE; FEMALE; HUMAN; INJURY; INJURY SCALE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MORTALITY; MOTOR VEHICLE; PROTECTIVE EQUIPMENT; STATISTICAL MODEL; STATISTICS; TRAFFIC ACCIDENT; UNITED STATES;

ACCIDENTS, TRAFFIC; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AUTOMOBILES; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; DATABASES, FACTUAL; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; FEMALE; HUMANS; INJURY SEVERITY SCORE; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOTOR VEHICLES; PROTECTIVE DEVICES; UNITED STATES; WOUNDS AND INJURIES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 70450206981     PISSN: 15389588     EISSN: 1538957X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/15389580903271401     Document Type: Article

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