The role of the health care professional in bicycle safety

Wisconsin Medical Journal

Volumn 104, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 35-38

  Corden, Timothy E ^a,b   Tripathy, Neena ^b,c   Pierce, Sarah E ^a   Katcher, Murray L ^a,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN SCHOOL OF MEDICINE AND PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^b University of Wisconsin Children's Hospital   (United States)

^c University of Wisconsin Children's Hospital ^*

^d Medical College of Wisconsin   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BEHAVIOR; BICYCLE; COST; EMERGENCY WARD; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; EQUIPMENT; FALLING; HEAD INJURY; HEALTH PRACTITIONER; HELMET; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; LAW; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; PHYSICIAN; RESPONSIBILITY; REVIEW; SAFETY; SEAT; SPORT INJURY; ACCIDENT PREVENTION; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CHILD; INJURY; PHYSICIAN ATTITUDE; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

ACCIDENT PREVENTION; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BICYCLING; CHILD; HEAD PROTECTIVE DEVICES; HUMANS; PHYSICIAN'S ROLE;

EID: 19144372146     PISSN: 10981861     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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