Socioeconomic aspects of the circumstances and consequences of car crashes among young adults

Social Science and Medicine

Volumn 60, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 287-295

  Hasselberg, Marie ^b   Vaez, Marjan ^a   Lucie Laflamme, ^a  

^a KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Class of destination; Class of origin; Gender modification; Road traffic safety; Social patterning; Sweden

Indexed keywords

ACCIDENT; INJURY; SOCIOECONOMIC STATUS; TRANSPORTATION SAFETY; YOUNG POPULATION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BIRTH; CAR DRIVER; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; EDUCATION; FATALITY; FEMALE; GENDER; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; POLICE; POPULATION RESEARCH; REGISTER; SOCIAL ASPECT; SOCIOECONOMICS; TRAFFIC ACCIDENT;

ACCIDENTS, TRAFFIC; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AUTOMOBILE DRIVING; CENSUSES; COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; OCCUPATIONS; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODELS; REGISTRIES; RISK FACTORS; SEX FACTORS; SOCIAL CLASS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; SWEDEN; WOUNDS AND INJURIES;

EASTERN HEMISPHERE; EURASIA; EUROPE; NORTHERN EUROPE; SCANDINAVIA; SWEDEN; WORLD;

EID: 7544236167     PISSN: 02779536     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.socscimed.2004.05.006     Document Type: Article

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