Racial disparities in survival among injured drivers

American Journal of Epidemiology

Volumn 177, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 380-387

  Haskins, Amy E ^a   Clark, David E ^b   Travis, Lori L ^b  

^a MAINE MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

accidents; continental population groups; hospitalization; traffic; wounds and injuries

Indexed keywords

ACCIDENT; DATA SET; ETHNICITY; HOSPITAL SECTOR; INJURY; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; RACIAL DISPARITY; SURVIVAL;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CAUCASIAN; DRIVER; FEMALE; HISPANIC; HUMAN; INJURY SCALE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEGRO; OVERALL SURVIVAL; RACE DIFFERENCE; SURVIVAL; SURVIVAL AMONG THOSE HOSPITALIZED; SURVIVAL TO REACH A HOSPITAL; TRAFFIC ACCIDENT;

ACCIDENTS, TRAFFIC; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICANS; AGED; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS DISPARITIES; HISPANIC AMERICANS; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MORTALITY; ODDS RATIO; RISK FACTORS; SURVIVAL; TRAUMA SEVERITY INDICES; WOUNDS AND INJURIES;

EID: 84874783270     PISSN: 00029262     EISSN: 14766256     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/aje/kws242     Document Type: Article

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