An international study of the exposure of children to traffic

Injury Prevention

Volumn 3, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 89-93

  Roberts, Ian ^a   Carlin, John ^b   Bennett, Catherine ^b   Bergstrom, Erik ^c   Guyer, Bernard ^d   Nolan, Terry ^b   Norton, Robyn ^e   Pless, I Barry ^f   Rao, Ravi ^d   Stevenson, Mark ^g  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^c UMEÅ UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^d JOHNS HOPKINS BLOOMBERG SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND   (New Zealand)

^f MONTREAL CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^g CURTIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Bicyclist; Exposure; Pedestrian; Traffic

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; BICYCLE; CANADA; CAR; CHILD; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; EPIDEMIOLOGY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MULTICENTER STUDY; NEW ZEALAND; QUESTIONNAIRE; RISK ASSESSMENT; STATISTICS; SWEDEN; TRAFFIC AND TRANSPORT; UNITED STATES; WALKING;

AUSTRALIA; AUTOMOBILES; BICYCLING; CANADA; CHILD; CONFIDENCE INTERVALS; DATA COLLECTION; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION; MALE; NEW ZEALAND; QUESTIONNAIRES; RISK ASSESSMENT; SAMPLING STUDIES; SWEDEN; TRANSPORTATION; UNITED STATES; WALKING;

EID: 0031155601     PISSN: 13538047     EISSN: 14755785     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/ip.3.2.89     Document Type: Article

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