Estimating under-reporting of road crash injuries to police using multiple linked data collections
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Understanding traffic crash under-reporting: Linking police and medical records to individual and crash characteristics.
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عنوان ژورنال: Accident Analysis & Prevention
سال: 2015
ISSN: 0001-4575
DOI: 10.1016/j.aap.2015.06.011