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Motor vehicle crash characteristics and medical outcomes among older drivers in Utah, 1992-1995L J Cook
University of Utah School of Medicine, Department of Pediatrics, The Intermountain Injury Control Research Center, Salt Lake City, UT, USA
Ann Emerg Med 35:585-91. 2000..We sought to compare the characteristics and medical outcomes of motor vehicle crashes for drivers 70 years and older with those of drivers between the ages of 30 and 39 years...
Observed seatbelt usage among drivers of heavy commercial vehicles in UtahLawrence J Cook
The Intermountain Injury Control Research Center, Department of Pediatrics, University of Utah School of Medicine, Salt Lake City, UT 84158, USA
Accid Anal Prev 40:1300-4. 2008..Our observations demonstrate a need to increase seatbelt usage among heavy commercial vehicle drivers. Specific programs and resources for intervention programs targeting heavy commercial vehicle drivers are warranted...- A comparison of aggressive and DUI crashesLawrence J Cook
University of Utah School of Medicine, Department of Pediatrics, Utah CODES, The Intermountain Injury Control Research Center, University of Utah, 295 Chipeta Way, P.O. Box 581289, Salt Lake City, UT 84158-1289, USA
J Safety Res 36:491-3. 2005 - Repeat patients to the emergency department in a statewide databaseLawrence J Cook
Intermountain Injury Control Research Center, University of Utah School of Medicine, Department of Pediatrics, Salt Lake City, UT, USA
Acad Emerg Med 11:256-63. 2004..To describe the epidemiology of repeat users of the emergency department (ED) using a statewide database... - Probabilistic record linkage: relationships between file sizes, identifiers and match weightsL J Cook
Intermountain Injury Control Research Center, Department of Pediatrics, University of Utah School of Medicine, Salt Lake City 84108, USA
Methods Inf Med 40:196-203. 2001..Linkage results were acceptable when this sum was near the predicted cutoff. This technique enables researchers to determine if enough information exists to perform a successful probabilistic linkage... - Shoulder belts in motor vehicle crashes: a statewide analysis of restraint efficacyS Knight
Intermountain Injury Control Research Center, University of Utah, Salt Lake City 84108, USA
Accid Anal Prev 33:65-71. 2001..1; 95% Cl = 0.9, 1.4). Average hospital inpatient length of stay, charges and injury severity scores were similar for all restraint types. These results stress the need for the use of a lap belt in conjunction with the shoulder belt... - A population-based study of crashes involving 16- and 17-year-old drivers: the potential benefit of graduated driver licensing restrictionsN Z Cvijanovich
Intermountain Injury Control Research Center, Department of Pediatrics, University of Utah School of Medicine, Salt Lake City, Utah, USA
Pediatrics 107:632-7. 2001..To evaluate the potential effectiveness of graduated driver licensing programs using population-based linked data for motor vehicle crashes (MVCs) that involved teenaged drivers (TDs)... - Snowmobile injuries in UtahE G Skokan
Division of Pediatric Emergency Medicine, Department of Pediatrics, University of Utah School of Medicine, Salt Lake City, UT 84113, USA
Acad Emerg Med 8:1173-7. 2001..To describe the epidemiology of snowmobile injuries in Utah... - A population-based assessment of pediatric all-terrain vehicle injuriesN Z Cvijanovich
Intermountain Injury Control Research Center, University of Utah School of Medicine, Salt Lake City, Utah, USA
Pediatrics 108:631-5. 2001..Efforts to educate parents regarding the risks of ATV use, proper supervision, and use of safety equipment are warranted. Manufacturers of ATVs should continue to improve the safety profile of these inherently unstable vehicles... - Adults and children in severe motor vehicle crashes: a matched-pairs studyH M Corneli
Department of Pediatrics, and the Intermountain Injury Control Research Center, University of Utah College of Medicine, Salt Lake City, UT, USA
Ann Emerg Med 36:340-5. 2000..Many articles report seat belt injuries to children. This study examines the effect of child versus adult age and seat belt use on outcome in severe motor vehicle crashes... 
The fast and the fatal: street racing fatal crashes in the United StatesS Knight
Intermountain Injury Control Research Center, Department of Pediatrics, University of Utah School of Medicine, Salt Lake City, 84108, USA
Inj Prev 10:53-5. 2004..Compared with other drivers involved in fatal crashes, street racers were more likely to be teenagers, male, and have previous crashes and driving violations. Street racing involves risky driving behaviors and warrants further attention...- Crossing county lines: the impact of crash location and driver's residence on motor vehicle crash fatalityAmy E Donaldson
Department of Pediatrics, Intermountain Injury Control Research Center, University of Utah School of Medicine, 295 Chipeta Way, PO Box 581289, Salt Lake City, 84158 0289, USA
Accid Anal Prev 38:723-7. 2006.... - Driver seat belt use indicates decreased risk for child passengers in a motor vehicle crashCody S Olsen
Intermountain Injury Control Research Center, Department of Pediatrics, University of Utah School of Medicine, PO Box 581289, Salt Lake City, UT 84158 1289, USA
Accid Anal Prev 42:771-7. 2010..We examined the association between driver restraint use and child emergency department (ED) evaluation following a motor vehicle crash (MVC)... - Household, family, and child risk factors after an investigation for suspected child maltreatment: a missed opportunity for preventionKristine A Campbell
Department of Pediatrics, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT 84158, USA
Arch Pediatr Adolesc Med 164:943-9. 2010..To determine whether a Child Protection Services investigation for suspected child maltreatment is associated with subsequent improvements in household, caregiver, and child risk factors... - Underestimating injury mortality using statewide databasesN Clay Mann
Intermountain Injury Control Research Center, Department of Pediatrics, University of Utah School of Medicine, Salt Lake City, Utah 84108, USA
J Trauma 58:162-7. 2005.... - Graduated driver licensing in Utah: is it effective?Lisa K Hyde
Intermountain Injury Control Research Center, Department of Pediatrics, University of Utah School of Medicine, Salt Lake City, UT 84108, USA
Ann Emerg Med 45:147-54. 2005..We seek to examine the effectiveness of the graduated driver licensing system in Utah by determining whether crash rates of 16-year-old drivers decreased after graduated driver licensing implementation... - Evaluation of the Click It or Ticket intervention in UtahAndrea M Thomas
Intermountain Injury Control Research Center, University of Utah School of Medicine, Department of Pediatrics, PO Box 581289, Salt Lake City, UT 84158 1289, USA
Accid Anal Prev 43:272-5. 2011..To evaluate the Click It or Ticket (CIOT) intervention conducted in Utah by comparing changes in safety belt use using observational safety belt surveys pre- and post-intervention... - Evaluating the crash and citation rates of Utah drivers licensed with medical conditions, 1992-1996Donald D Vernon
University of Utah School of Medicine, Salt Lake City 84108, USA
Accid Anal Prev 34:237-46. 2002..However, little is known about the effectiveness of these licensing programs... - Effect of motor vehicle crashes on adverse fetal outcomesLisa K Hyde
Department of Pediatrics, The Intermountain Injury Control Research Center, University of Utah School of Medicine, Salt Lake City, Utah, USA
Obstet Gynecol 102:279-86. 2003..To assess the effect of maternal involvement in motor vehicle crashes on the likelihood of adverse pregnancy outcomes and to estimate the effect of seatbelt use in reducing the occurrence of those outcomes... - Effect of repeal of the national maximum speed limit law on occurrence of crashes, injury crashes, and fatal crashes on Utah highwaysDonald D Vernon
University of Utah, 615 Arapeen Drive, 410 Chipeta Way, Suite 222, Salt Lake City, UT 84108 1284, USA
Accid Anal Prev 36:223-9. 2004..These results show an adverse effect on crash occurrence for subsets of crash types and highways, but do not show a major overall effect of NMSL repeal and increased speed limit on crash occurrence on Utah highways... - Against all advice: an analysis of out-of-hospital refusals of careStacey Knight
Department of Pediatrics, University of Utah School of Medicine, Salt Lake City, UT, USA
Ann Emerg Med 42:689-96. 2003.... - Modeling motor vehicle crashes for street racers using zero-inflated modelsZhuo Li
Department of Family and Preventive Medicine, University of Utah, 375 Chipeta Way, Salt Lake City, UT 84108, USA
Accid Anal Prev 40:835-9. 2008..However, drivers with increased numbers of non-street-racing citations experience crash risks approaching those of the cited street racers... - Resource utilization and its management in splenic traumaAmalia Cochran
Intermountain Injury Control Research Center, Salt Lake City, UT, USA
Am J Surg 187:713-9. 2004..CONCLUSIONS: Nonoperative management of splenic injury is more common at trauma centers, and splenic trauma management may be more costly at trauma centers... - The epidemiology of pregnancy-associated emergency department injury visits and their impact on birth outcomesHarold B Weiss
University of Pittsburgh, Department of Neurological Surgery, Center for Injury Research and Control, PARKV 203, 3520 Forbes Avenue, Pittsburgh, PA 15261, USA
Accid Anal Prev 40:1088-95. 2008..Describe the demographics, injury types, mechanisms, and intents of emergency department (ED) injury visits by pregnant women and to quantify their risk of adverse birth outcomes... - Association of rear seat safety belt use with death in a traffic crash: a matched cohort studyMotao Zhu
Bureau of Injury Prevention, New York State Department of Health, Albany, New York 12204, USA
Inj Prev 13:183-5. 2007..To estimate the association of rear seat safety belt use with death in a traffic crash... - Backseat safety belt use and crash outcomeMotao Zhu
New York State Department of Health, Bureau of Injury Prevention, Riverview Center, 3rd Floor-West, 150 Broadway, Menands, NY 12204-0677, USA
J Safety Res 36:505-7. 2005 - Trends of behavioral risk factors in motor vehicle crashes in Utah, 1992-1997Rebecca Smith
TraumaLink, The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, PA, USA
Accid Anal Prev 36:249-55. 2004..CONCLUSIONS: These results suggest that while some improvement has been made in decreasing seatbelt non-use and driver alcohol intoxication among crash-involved drivers, no improvement has been made in reducing fatigue-related crashes...