Comparison of factors influencing emergency department visits and hospitalization among drivers in work and nonwork-related motor vehicle crashes in Utah, 1999-2005

Accident Analysis and Prevention

Volumn 43, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 209-213

  Thygerson, Steven M ^a   Merrill, Ray M ^a   Cook, Lawrence J ^b   Thomas, Andrea M ^b  

^a BRIGHAM YOUNG UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF UTAH   (United States)

Author keywords

Probabilistic linkage; Work related motor vehicle crash

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL DRINKING; CONTRIBUTING FACTOR; EMERGENCY DEPARTMENTS; LINKED DATUM; MOTOR VEHICLE CRASHES; PROBABILISTIC LINKAGE; SAFETY BELT USE; WORK-RELATED;

EMERGENCY ROOMS; LAW ENFORCEMENT; VEHICLES;

OCCUPATIONAL RISKS;

ADULT; AGE; ALCOHOL INTOXICATION; ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; FATIGUE; FEMALE; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; INJURY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MORTALITY; MOTOR VEHICLE; OCCUPATIONAL ACCIDENT; RISK; RISK FACTOR; SEATBELT; STATISTICAL MODEL; STATISTICS; SURVIVAL; TRAFFIC ACCIDENT; UNITED STATES; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

ACCIDENTS, OCCUPATIONAL; ACCIDENTS, TRAFFIC; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; ALCOHOLIC INTOXICATION; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; FATIGUE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MODELS, STATISTICAL; MOTOR VEHICLES; ODDS RATIO; PATIENT ADMISSION; RISK FACTORS; SEAT BELTS; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS; UTAH; WOUNDS AND INJURIES;

EID: 78649965853     PISSN: 00014575     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.aap.2010.08.011     Document Type: Article

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