Fatality Risk Factors for Bicyclists in Croatia

Croatian Medical Journal

Volumn 44, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 610-613

  Missoni, Eduard ^a,b   Kern, Josipa ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ZAGREB   (Croatia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ZAGREB   (Croatia)

Author keywords

Accidents, traffic; Bicycling; Croatia; Head traumas; Wounds and injuries

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; BICYCLE; CROATIA; FEMALE; HEAD INJURY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; RISK FACTOR; TIME; TRAFFIC ACCIDENT;

ACCIDENTS, TRAFFIC; ADULT; AGED; BICYCLING; CROATIA; FEMALE; HEAD INJURIES, CLOSED; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 0242527428     PISSN: 03539504     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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