Injury severity of motorcycle riders involved in traffic crashes in Hunan, China: A mixed ordered logit approach

International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health

Volumn 13, Issue 7, 2016, Pages

  Chang, Fangrong ^a   Li, Maosheng ^a   Xu, Pengpeng ^b   Zhou, Hanchu ^a   Haque, Md Mazharul ^c   Huang, Helai ^a  

^a CENTRAL SOUTH UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^c QUEENSLAND UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Australia)

Author keywords

China; Injury severity; Mixed ordered logit; Motorcyclist; Unobserved heterogeneity

Indexed keywords

ACCIDENT; CYCLE TRANSPORT; HETEROGENEITY; INJURY; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; TRANSPORTATION SAFETY;

ACCIDENTAL INJURY; ADULT; ARTICLE; CHINA; CONTROLLED STUDY; FATALITY; FEMALE; HELMET; HUMAN; ILLUMINATION; INJURY SEVERITY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; MOTORCYCLIST; POLICE; TRAFFIC ACCIDENT; TRAFFIC SAFETY; ADOLESCENT; AGE; EPIDEMIOLOGY; INJURY SCALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOTORCYCLE; RISK FACTOR; SEX DIFFERENCE; STATISTICAL MODEL; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; UTILIZATION; YOUNG ADULT;

CHINA; HUNAN;

ACCIDENTS, TRAFFIC; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; CHINA; HEAD PROTECTIVE DEVICES; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOTORCYCLES; RISK FACTORS; SEX FACTORS; TRAUMA SEVERITY INDICES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84978485326     PISSN: 16617827     EISSN: 16604601     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/ijerph13070714     Document Type: Article

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