Mortality from road traffic accidents in Switzerland: Longitudinal and spatial analyses

Accident Analysis and Prevention

Volumn 43, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 40-48

  Spoerri, Adrian ^a   Egger, Matthias ^a   Von Elm, Erik ^a,b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF FREIBURG   (Germany)

^c SWISS PARAPLEGIC RESEARCH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Cohort study; Cyclists; Mortality; Motor vehicle occupants; Motorcyclists; Pedestrians; Road traffic accidents; Social determinants; Spatial analyses; Switzerland

Indexed keywords

COHORT STUDIES; CYCLISTS; MORTALITY; MOTOR VEHICLE OCCUPANTS; MOTORCYCLISTS; PEDESTRIANS; ROAD TRAFFIC ACCIDENTS; SOCIAL DETERMINANTS; SPATIAL ANALYSIS; SWITZERLAND;

BAYESIAN NETWORKS; EDUCATION; FIRE PROTECTION; HIGHWAY ACCIDENTS; HIGHWAY TRAFFIC CONTROL; POPULATION STATISTICS; ROADS AND STREETS; VEHICLES;

PEDESTRIAN SAFETY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BAYES THEOREM; COHORT ANALYSIS; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CULTURAL FACTOR; DEMOGRAPHY; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; ENVIRONMENTAL PLANNING; FEMALE; HUMAN; INJURY; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MORTALITY; RISK FACTOR; SOCIOECONOMICS; SURVIVAL; SWITZERLAND; TRAFFIC ACCIDENT;

ACCIDENTS, TRAFFIC; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BAYES THEOREM; COHORT STUDIES; CROSS-CULTURAL COMPARISON; DEMOGRAPHY; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; ENVIRONMENT DESIGN; FEMALE; HUMANS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RISK FACTORS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS; SWITZERLAND; WOUNDS AND INJURIES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 78649926889     PISSN: 00014575     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.aap.2010.06.009     Document Type: Article

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