Motorcycle engine size and risk of moderate to fatal injury from a motorcycle crash

Accident Analysis and Prevention

Volumn 32, Issue 5, 2000, Pages 659-663

  Langley, John ^a   Mullin, Bernadette ^b   Jackson, Rodney ^b   Norton, Robyn ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO   (New Zealand)

^b UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Crash; Cubic capacity; Motorcycle

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CAUSE OF DEATH; CLASSIFICATION; HUMAN; INJURY; MORTALITY; MOTORCYCLE; NEW ZEALAND; RISK ASSESSMENT; STATISTICS; TRAFFIC ACCIDENT;

ACCIDENTS, TRAFFIC; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CAUSE OF DEATH; HUMANS; MOTORCYCLES; NEW ZEALAND; RISK ASSESSMENT; WOUNDS AND INJURIES;

EID: 0034277030     PISSN: 00014575     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0001-4575(99)00101-3     Document Type: Article

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