The Scope and Nature of Injuries to Rear Seat Passengers in NSW Using Linked Hospital Admission and Police Data

Traffic Injury Prevention

Volumn 15, Issue 5, 2014, Pages 462-469

  Brown, Julie ^a   Bilston, Lynne E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

Author keywords

abdominal injury; chest injury; head injury; injury; occupant protection; rear seat

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; CHILD; COMPARATIVE STUDY; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; INJURY; MIDDLE AGED; MORTALITY; POLICE; RISK ASSESSMENT; STATISTICAL MODEL; STATISTICS; TRAFFIC ACCIDENT; YOUNG ADULT;

ACCIDENTS, TRAFFIC; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; CHILD; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MIDDLE AGED; NEW SOUTH WALES; PATIENT ADMISSION; POLICE; RECORDS AS TOPIC; RISK ASSESSMENT; WOUNDS AND INJURIES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84897102441     PISSN: 15389588     EISSN: 1538957X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/15389588.2013.833662     Document Type: Article

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