Using the unmatched count technique to improve base rate estimates of risky driving behaviours among veterans of the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan

Injury Prevention

Volumn 19, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 382-386

  Sheppard, Sean C ^a,b   Earleywine, Mitch ^a  

^a STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF UTAH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CAR DRIVING; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; FEMALE; HIGH RISK BEHAVIOR; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; QUESTIONNAIRE; STATISTICS; VETERAN; VIOLENCE; WAR; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AFGHAN CAMPAIGN 2001-; AUTOMOBILE DRIVING; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DANGEROUS BEHAVIOR; DATA COLLECTION; FEMALE; HUMANS; IRAQ WAR, 2003-2011; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; QUESTIONNAIRES; RISK-TAKING; VETERANS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84888137824     PISSN: 13538047     EISSN: 14755785     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/injuryprev-2012-040639     Document Type: Article

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