Estimating the Number of Serious Road Injuries in The Netherlands

Annals of Epidemiology

Volumn 21, Issue 9, 2011, Pages 648-653

  Reurings, Martine C B ^a   Stipdonk, Henk L ^a  

^a SWOV INSTITUTE FOR ROAD SAFETY RESEARCH   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Record Linkage; Road Injuries; Road Safety; The Netherlands; Underreporting

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INJURY SEVERITY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MOTOR VEHICLE; NETHERLANDS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TRAFFIC ACCIDENT; TRAFFIC SAFETY;

ACCIDENTS, TRAFFIC; DATA COLLECTION; DATABASES, FACTUAL; HOSPITALS; HUMANS; NETHERLANDS; POLICE; REGISTRIES; WOUNDS AND INJURIES;

EID: 79961081490     PISSN: 10472797     EISSN: 18732585     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.annepidem.2011.05.007     Document Type: Article

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