Reporting road victims: Assessing and correcting data issues through distinct injury scales

Journal of Safety Research

Volumn 57, Issue , 2016, Pages 39-45

  Couto, António ^a   Amorim, Marco ^a   Ferreira, Sara ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PORTO   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Abbreviated injury scale; Injury severity; Misclassification; Underreporting

Indexed keywords

ACCIDENTS; HIGHWAY ACCIDENTS; HOSPITALS; ROADS AND STREETS; TRANSPORTATION;

ABBREVIATED INJURY SCALE; ADJUSTMENT COEFFICIENT; INJURY SEVERITY; MISCLASSIFICATIONS; PROBABILISTIC MODELING; TWO WHEELED VEHICLES; UNDERREPORTING; UNIVARIATE ANALYSIS;

LAW ENFORCEMENT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; CHILD; CLASSIFICATION; EPIDEMIOLOGY; FEMALE; HOSPITAL; HUMAN; INFANT; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEWBORN; POLICE; PORTUGAL; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PROCEDURES; SAFETY; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; TRAFFIC ACCIDENT; VERY ELDERLY; YOUNG ADULT;

ACCIDENTS, TRAFFIC; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HOSPITALS; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POLICE; PORTUGAL; SAFETY MANAGEMENT; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84963649876     PISSN: 00224375     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jsr.2016.03.008     Document Type: Article

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