Open AccessObesity and Risk for Death Due to Motor Vehicle Crashes
Author(s) -
Shankuan Zhu,
Peter M. Layde,
Clare E. Guse,
Purushottam W. Laud,
Frank A. Pintar,
Raminder Nirula,
Stephen W. Hargarten
Publication year - 2006
Publication title -
american journal of public health
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.284
H-Index - 264
eISSN - 1541-0048
pISSN - 0090-0036
DOI - 10.2105/ajph.2004.058156
Subject(s) - medicine , crashworthiness , body mass index , poison control , confounding , injury prevention , motor vehicle crash , demography , crash , logistic regression , confidence interval , occupational safety and health , obesity , case fatality rate , airbag , environmental health , population , engineering , automotive engineering , pathology , sociology , computer science , programming language
We examined the role of body mass index (BMI) and other factors in driver deaths within 30 days after motor vehicle crashes.