Road crash trends for young drivers in New South Wales, Australia, from 1997 to 2007

Traffic Injury Prevention

Volumn 11, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 8-15

  Chen, H Y ^a   Senserrick, T ^a   Chang, H Y ^b   Ivers, R Q ^a   Martiniuk, A L C ^a   Boufous, S ^a   Norton, R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^b NATIONAL HEALTH RESEARCH INSTITUTES   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Age disparity; Gender disparity; Road crash; Trend analysis; Young driver

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; CAR DRIVING; CHILD BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; HEALTH DISPARITY; HUMAN; INJURY; INJURY SCALE; MALE; MORTALITY; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEX DIFFERENCE; STATISTICAL MODEL; STATISTICS; TRAFFIC ACCIDENT;

ACCIDENTS, TRAFFIC; ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT BEHAVIOR; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AUTOMOBILE DRIVING; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS DISPARITIES; HUMANS; LINEAR MODELS; MALE; NEW SOUTH WALES; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEX FACTORS; TRAUMA SEVERITY INDICES; WOUNDS AND INJURIES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 76449106947     PISSN: 15389588     EISSN: 1538957X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/15389580903434207     Document Type: Article

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