Urban/rural variation in children's bicycle-related injuries

Accident Analysis and Prevention

Volumn 36, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 649-654

  Macpherson, Alison K ^a,b,c   To, Teresa M ^a,b,c   Parkin, Patricia C ^a,b,c   Moldofsky, Byron ^d   Wright, James G ^a,b   Chipman, Mary L ^c   Macarthur, Colin ^a,b,c  

^a HOSPITAL FOR SICK CHILDREN   (Canada)

^b HOSPITAL FOR SICK CHILDREN RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^d UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Bicycling injuries; Head injuries; Rural; Urban

Indexed keywords

GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEMS; HEALTH CARE; HIGHWAY ACCIDENTS; HOSPITALS; POPULATION STATISTICS; SAFETY DEVICES; SAFETY FACTOR; STATISTICAL METHODS;

BICYCLING INJURIES; HEAD INJURIES; RURAL ACCIDENTS; URBAN ACCIDENTS;

ACCIDENT PREVENTION;

ARTICLE; BICYCLE; CANADA; CHILD; HEAD INJURY; HELMET; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INJURY; RISK FACTOR; RURAL POPULATION; STATISTICAL MODEL; STATISTICS; TRAFFIC ACCIDENT; URBAN POPULATION;

ACCIDENTS, TRAFFIC; BICYCLING; CANADA; CHILD; CRANIOCEREBRAL TRAUMA; HEAD PROTECTIVE DEVICES; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; LOGISTIC MODELS; RISK FACTORS; RURAL POPULATION; URBAN POPULATION; WOUNDS AND INJURIES;

EID: 1942505326     PISSN: 00014575     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0001-4575(03)00086-1     Document Type: Article

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