Identifying Work-Related Motor Vehicle Crashes in Multiple Databases

Traffic Injury Prevention

Volumn 13, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 348-354

  Thomas, Andrea M ^a   Thygerson, Steven M ^b   Merrill, Ray M ^b   Cook, Lawrence J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF UTAH   (United States)

^b BRIGHAM YOUNG UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Capture recapture; Motor vehicle crash; Probabilistic linkage; Work related injury

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; FACTUAL DATABASE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD; MIDDLE AGED; OCCUPATIONAL ACCIDENT; PROBABILITY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; STATISTICS; TRAFFIC ACCIDENT; UNITED STATES;

ACCIDENTS, TRAFFIC; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; DATABASES, FACTUAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MEDICAL RECORDS; MIDDLE AGED; OCCUPATIONAL INJURIES; PROBABILITY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; UTAH; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84864649848     PISSN: 15389588     EISSN: 1538957X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/15389588.2012.658480     Document Type: Article

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