Risk of vehicle-pedestrian and vehicle-bicyclist collisions among children with disabilities

Accident Analysis and Prevention

Volumn 38, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 1064-1070

  Xiang, Huiyun ^a,d   Zhu, Motao ^b   Sinclair, Sara A ^a   Stallones, Lorann ^c   Wilkins III, J R ^d   Smith, Gary A ^a  

^a THE RESEARCH INSTITUTE AT NATIONWIDE CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

^c Department of Environmental and Radiological Health Sciences   (United States)

^d School of Public Health   (United States)

Author keywords

Children; Cyclists; Disabilities; Injury Prevention; Pedestrians; Vehicle

Indexed keywords

ACCIDENT PREVENTION; BICYCLES; DATA RECORDING; HANDICAPPED PERSONS; PEDESTRIAN SAFETY; RISK ASSESSMENT;

CHILDREN; CYCLISTS; DISABILITIES; INJURY PREVENTION;

COLLISION AVOIDANCE;

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; BICYCLE; CHILD; FEMALE; HANDICAPPED CHILD; HUMAN; INJURY; MALE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; RISK ASSESSMENT; SOCIOECONOMICS; STATISTICS; TRAFFIC ACCIDENT; UNITED STATES; WALKING;

ACCIDENTS, TRAFFIC; ADOLESCENT; BICYCLING; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DISABLED CHILDREN; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; RISK ASSESSMENT; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; UNITED STATES; WALKING;

EID: 33749059198     PISSN: 00014575     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.aap.2006.04.010     Document Type: Article

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