Comparing the effects of age, BMI and gender on severe injury (AIS 3+) in motor-vehicle crashes

Accident Analysis and Prevention

Volumn 72, Issue , 2014, Pages 146-160

  Carter, Patrick M ^a,c   Flannagan, Carol A C ^a,b   Reed, Matthew P ^a,b   Cunningham, Rebecca M ^a,c   Rupp, Jonathan D ^a,b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

Author keywords

Age; Body mass index; Gender; Motor vehicle crash; Unintentional injury

Indexed keywords

AUTOMOBILE BODIES; CRASHWORTHINESS; HEALTH; INFORMATION DISSEMINATION; MEDICAL PROBLEMS; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SOCIAL SCIENCES; VEHICLES;

AGE; BODY MASS INDEX; GENDER; MOTOR VEHICLE CRASHES; UNINTENTIONAL INJURIES;

ACCIDENTS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE; AGED; BODY MASS; BODY WEIGHT; CLASSIFICATION; CRANIOCEREBRAL TRAUMA; FEMALE; HUMAN; INJURY SCALE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MORTALITY; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; OBESITY; OVERWEIGHT; SEATBELT; SEX DIFFERENCE; STATISTICAL MODEL; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; THORACIC INJURIES; TRAFFIC ACCIDENT; UTILIZATION; VERY ELDERLY; WOUNDS AND INJURIES; YOUNG ADULT;

ABBREVIATED INJURY SCALE; ACCIDENTS, TRAFFIC; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BODY MASS INDEX; CRANIOCEREBRAL TRAUMA; FEMALE; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; OBESITY; OVERWEIGHT; SEAT BELTS; SEX FACTORS; THINNESS; THORACIC INJURIES; WOUNDS AND INJURIES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84905219379     PISSN: 00014575     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.aap.2014.05.024     Document Type: Article

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