Declining statewide trends in motor vehicle crashes and injury-related hospital admissions

Annals of Advances in Automotive Medicine

Volumn 57, Issue , 2013, Pages 247-256

  Dischinger, Patricia C ^a   Ryb, Gabriel E ^a   Kufera, Joseph A ^a   Ho, Shiu M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

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[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CRASH CHARACTERISTICS; HOSPITAL ADMISSIONS; HOSPITAL MORTALITY; LENGTH OF HOSPITAL STAYS; MOTOR VEHICLE CRASHES; SAFETY IMPROVEMENT; SEVERITY OF INJURIES; VEHICLE OCCUPANTS;

CRASHWORTHINESS; LAW ENFORCEMENT;

HOSPITALS;

EID: 84888099914     PISSN: 19432461     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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