Examining road traffic mortality status in China: A simulation study

PLoS ONE

Volumn 11, Issue 4, 2016, Pages

  Huang, Helai ^a   Yin, Qingyi ^a   Schwebel, David C ^b   Li, Li ^c   Hu, Guoqing ^a  

^a CENTRAL SOUTH UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA AT BIRMINGHAM   (United States)

^c WEST VIRGINIA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BEHAVIOR; CHINA; DEVELOPED COUNTRY; DRIVER; HUMAN; MORTALITY; MOTOR VEHICLE; PEDESTRIAN; POLICE; PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE; SAFETY; TRAFFIC; COMPUTER SIMULATION; EPIDEMIOLOGY; NONLINEAR SYSTEM; PUBLIC HEALTH; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL MODEL; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; TRAFFIC ACCIDENT;

ACCIDENTS, TRAFFIC; CHINA; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DATA INTERPRETATION, STATISTICAL; HUMANS; LINEAR MODELS; MOTOR VEHICLES; NONLINEAR DYNAMICS; POLICE; PUBLIC HEALTH; SAFETY MANAGEMENT;

EID: 84963823326     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0153251     Document Type: Article

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