Trends in motor vehicle crash mortality in Europe, 1980-2007

Safety Science

Volumn 50, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 1009-1018

  Orsi, Chiara ^a   Bertuccio, Paola ^b   Morandi, Anna ^a   Levi, Fabio ^c   Bosetti, Cristina ^b   La Vecchia, Carlo ^b,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PAVIA   (Italy)

^b MARIO NEGRI INSTITUTE FOR PHARMACOLOGICAL RESEARCH   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF LAUSANNE   (Switzerland)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MILAN   (Italy)

Author keywords

International comparisons; Joinpoint regression; Mortality; Road traffic crashes; Trends

Indexed keywords

INTERNATIONAL COMPARISON; JOINPOINT REGRESSION; MORTALITY; ROAD TRAFFIC CRASHES; TRENDS;

REGRESSION ANALYSIS; ROADS AND STREETS; VEHICLES;

ACCIDENTS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BELARUS; CONTROLLED STUDY; EUROPEAN UNION; FEMALE; GROUPS BY AGE; HUMAN; HUNGARY; JAPAN; JAPANESE; LATVIA; LITHUANIA; MALE; MORTALITY; NETHERLANDS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RUSSIAN FEDERATION; STANDARDIZATION; SWEDEN; SWITZERLAND; TRAFFIC ACCIDENT; TREND STUDY; UKRAINE; UNITED KINGDOM; UNITED STATES; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

EID: 84856408775     PISSN: 09257535     EISSN: 18791042     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ssci.2011.12.008     Document Type: Article

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