PHOTOCHEMICAL AIR POLLUTION AND AUTOMOBILE ACCIDENTS IN LOS ANGELES
SEVERAL NONPARAMETRIC STATISTICAL METHODS HAVE BEEN USED TO COMPARE LOS ANGELES MOTOR VEHICULAR ACCIDENT (MVA) FREQUENCIES FOR THE MONTHS AUGUST TO OCTOBER, 1963 AND 1965, WITH THE LEVELS OF ONE COMPONENT OF SMOG, OXIDANT. STATISTICALLY SIGNIFICANT ASSOCIATION IS FOUND TO EXIST BETWEEN THESE VARIABLES; MORE OFTEN THAN NOT, INCREASING OXIDANT LEVELS ARE ACCOMPANIED BY AN INCREASE IN THE OF MVA. HOWEVER, THESE FINDINGS DO NOT OVERLOOK THE POSSIBILITY THAT SINCE THERE ARE OTHER AIR POLLUTION VARIABLES PRESENT AT THE SAME TIME AS OXIDANT, THE POSITIVE ASSOCIATION BETWEEN ONE OF THE OTHER VARIABLES AND MVA AS WELL AS A POSITIVE CORRELATION BETWEEN THIS VARIABLE AND OXIDANT. THE NONPARAMETRIC METHODS USED IN THE ANALYSIS, AS WELL AS ALTERNATIVE STATISTICAL PROCEDURES, ARE DISCUSSED IN SEPARATE SECTIONS. /AUTHOR/
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Supplemental Notes:
- Vol 17, No 3, PP 334-342, 5 TAB, 7 REF
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Authors:
- Ury, H K
- Publication Date: 1968-9
Media Info
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Serial:
- Archives of Environmental Health
- Publisher: Heldref Publications
Subject/Index Terms
- TRT Terms: Air pollution; Correlation analysis; Frequency (Electromagnetism); Oxidizing agents; Photochemistry; Smog; Statistical analysis; Traffic crashes
- Uncontrolled Terms: Motor vehicle accidents
- Old TRIS Terms: Oxidant
- Subject Areas: Data and Information Technology; Highways; Safety and Human Factors;
Filing Info
- Accession Number: 00220832
- Record Type: Publication
- Source Agency: Nat Safety Council Safety Res Info Serv
- Files: TRIS
- Created Date: Jun 29 1970 12:00AM