An Investigation of the Risk Factors Causing Severe Injuries in Crashes Involving Gravel Trucks

Traffic Injury Prevention

Volumn 13, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 355-363

  Chu, Hsing Chung ^a  

^a NATIONAL CHIAYI UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Crash type; Gravel truck; Injury severity

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CAR DRIVING; ENVIRONMENTAL PLANNING; HUMAN; INJURY; INJURY SCALE; MIDDLE AGED; MORTALITY; MOTOR VEHICLE; RISK FACTOR; STATISTICAL MODEL; STATISTICS; TRAFFIC ACCIDENT;

ACCIDENTS, TRAFFIC; ADULT; AUTOMOBILE DRIVING; ENVIRONMENT DESIGN; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MIDDLE AGED; MOTOR VEHICLES; RISK FACTORS; TRAUMA SEVERITY INDICES; WOUNDS AND INJURIES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84864669493     PISSN: 15389588     EISSN: 1538957X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/15389588.2012.654545     Document Type: Article

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