Medical Conditions, Medication Use, and Their Relationship With Subsequent Motor Vehicle Injuries: Examination of the Canadian National Population Health Survey

Traffic Injury Prevention

Volumn 13, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 327-336

  Vingilis, Evelyn ^a   Wilk, Piotr ^a  

^a WESTERN UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Canada; Medical conditions; Medication use; Motor vehicle injuries

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; BACKACHE; CANADA; DIABETES MELLITUS; DRUG THERAPY; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HEALTH SURVEY; HEART DISEASE; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; INJURY; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL STRESS; MIDDLE AGED; MIGRAINE; RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS; STATISTICS; TRAFFIC ACCIDENT;

ACCIDENTS, TRAFFIC; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ARTHRITIS, RHEUMATOID; ASTHMA; BACK PAIN; CANADA; DIABETES MELLITUS; DRUG THERAPY; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HEALTH SURVEYS; HEART DISEASES; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MIGRAINE DISORDERS; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; WOUNDS AND INJURIES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84861647786     PISSN: 15389588     EISSN: 1538957X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/15389588.2012.654411     Document Type: Article

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