Epidemiology of motor vehicle crashes in Utah

Traffic Injury Prevention

Volumn 12, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 39-47

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

^a BRIGHAM YOUNG UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF UTAH   (United States)

Author keywords

Drivers; Epidemiology; Motor vehicle crash; Probabilistic linkage; Safety belt use

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CAR DRIVING; DRINKING BEHAVIOR; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; FACTUAL DATABASE; FATIGUE; FEMALE; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MORTALITY; SEATBELT; STATISTICS; TRAFFIC ACCIDENT; UNITED STATES; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

ACCIDENTS, TRAFFIC; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ALCOHOL DRINKING; AUTOMOBILE DRIVING; DATABASES, FACTUAL; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; FATIGUE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT ADMISSION; SEAT BELTS; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; UTAH; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 78951482516     PISSN: 15389588     EISSN: 1538957X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/15389588.2010.526669     Document Type: Article

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