An analysis of U.S. road fatalities per population: Changes by age from 1958 to 2008

Traffic Injury Prevention

Volumn 12, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 438-442

  Sivak, Michael ^a   Schoettle, Brandon ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

Author keywords

Age; Fatalities; Public health; Rate per population

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ARTICLE; CHILD; HUMAN; MIDDLE AGED; MORTALITY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; SAFETY; TRAFFIC ACCIDENT; UNITED STATES;

ACCIDENTS, TRAFFIC; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; SAFETY; UNITED STATES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 80053515731     PISSN: 15389588     EISSN: 1538957X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/15389588.2011.588980     Document Type: Article

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