Most head injury related motorcycle crash deaths are related to poor riding practices

Emergency Medicine

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 58-61

  Stella, Julian ^a   Cooke, Clive ^b   Sprivulis, Peter ^c  

^a GEELONG HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^b SIR CHARLES GAIRDNER HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^c FREMANTLE HOSPITAL   (Australia)

Author keywords

Behaviour; Fatality; Head injury; Motorcycle; Road crash

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ARTICLE; CAUSE OF DEATH; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEATH; DRIVING ABILITY; DRUNKEN DRIVING; EQUIPMENT; FATALITY; FEMALE; HEAD INJURY; HUMAN; MALE; MOTORCYCLE; PREVENTIVE MEDICINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SAFETY; SCHOOL CHILD; SEX RATIO; SURVIVAL; TRAFFIC ACCIDENT;

ACCIDENT PREVENTION; ACCIDENTS, TRAFFIC; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; CAUSE OF DEATH; CHILD; CRANIOCEREBRAL TRAUMA; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; INJURY SEVERITY SCORE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOTORCYCLES; PROBABILITY; RISK-TAKING; SEX DISTRIBUTION; WESTERN AUSTRALIA;

EID: 0036197842     PISSN: 10356851     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1442-2026.2002.00287.x     Document Type: Article

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