Who by accident? the social morphology of car accidents

Risk Analysis

Volumn 30, Issue 9, 2010, Pages 1411-1423

  Factor, Roni ^a,b   Yair, Gad ^c   Mahalel, David ^b  

^a HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^b TECHNION ISRAEL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Israel)

^c HEBREW UNIVERSITY OF JERUSALEM   (Israel)

Author keywords

Health; multiple correspondence analysis; risk; road accidents; social class

Indexed keywords

ACCIDENT INVOLVEMENT; CAR ACCIDENTS; LARGE DATABASE; MOTOR VEHICLE ACCIDENTS; MULTIPLE CORRESPONDENCE ANALYSIS; ROAD ACCIDENTS; SEVERE ACCIDENT; SOCIAL CLASS; SOCIAL GROUPS; SOCIAL ORDER; SOCIAL ORGANIZATIONS; SOCIAL SPACES; SOCIO-ECONOMIC DATA;

AUTOMOBILE EXHIBITIONS; HEALTH RISKS; POPULATION STATISTICS; RISK ANALYSIS; RISK ASSESSMENT; ROADS AND STREETS; VEHICLES;

HIGHWAY ACCIDENTS;

ACCIDENT; AUTOMOBILE; HEALTH RISK; HOMOLOGY; SOCIAL PROBLEM; SOCIAL SECURITY; SOCIOECONOMIC STATUS;

ISRAEL;

EID: 77956644584     PISSN: 02724332     EISSN: 15396924     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1539-6924.2010.01423.x     Document Type: Article

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