Socioeconomic status and risk of car crash injury, independent of place of residence and driving exposure: Results from the DRIVE Study

Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health

Volumn 64, Issue 11, 2010, Pages 998-1003

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

^a UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^b MOUNT SINAI SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACCIDENT; INJURY; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; RISK FACTOR; RURAL POPULATION; SOCIOECONOMIC STATUS; YOUNG POPULATION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; CAR DRIVING; CLASSIFICATION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; EPIDEMIOLOGY; FEMALE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INJURY; INJURY SCALE; MALE; POISSON DISTRIBUTION; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; QUESTIONNAIRE; RISK FACTOR; RURAL POPULATION; SOCIAL CLASS; STATISTICS; TRAFFIC ACCIDENT; URBAN POPULATION;

ACCIDENTS, TRAFFIC; ADOLESCENT; AUTOMOBILE DRIVING; CONFOUNDING FACTORS (EPIDEMIOLOGY); FEMALE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; INJURY SEVERITY SCORE; MALE; NEW SOUTH WALES; POISSON DISTRIBUTION; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; QUESTIONNAIRES; RESIDENCE CHARACTERISTICS; RISK FACTORS; RURAL POPULATION; SOCIAL CLASS; URBAN POPULATION; WOUNDS AND INJURIES; YOUNG ADULT;

AUSTRALIA; NEW SOUTH WALES;

EID: 78149242838     PISSN: 0143005X     EISSN: 14702738     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/jech.2009.091496     Document Type: Article

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