State-specific ATV-related fatality rates: An update in the new millennium

Public Health Reports

Volumn 127, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 364-374

  Helmkamp, James C ^a   Aitken, Mary E ^b   Graham, James ^b   Campbell, Corey R ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY AND HEALTH   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ARKANSAS FOR MEDICAL SCIENCES   (United States)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ALL TERRAIN VEHICLE; ARTICLE; CHILD; DATA BASE; FEMALE; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HELMET; HUMAN; INFANT; LAW; LICENCE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; MOTOR VEHICLE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHOOL CHILD; SEX DIFFERENCE; TRAINING; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84862301898     PISSN: 00333549     EISSN: 14682877     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/003335491212700404     Document Type: Article

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