Knee injuries of vulnerable road users in road traffic;Kniegelenkverletzungen des ungeschützten verkehrsteilnehmers im straßenverkehr

Unfallchirurg

Volumn 109, Issue 12, 2006, Pages 1025-1031

  Haasper, C ^a   Otte, D ^a   Knobloch, K ^a   Zeichen, J ^a   Krettek, C ^a   Richter, M ^a  

^a HANNOVER MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Germany)

Author keywords

Bicycle; Car crash; Injury pattern; Motorcycle; Pedestrian

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; KNEE INJURY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MOTORCYCLE; PEDESTRIAN; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; TRAFFIC ACCIDENT;

ACCIDENTS, TRAFFIC; ATHLETIC INJURIES; AUTOMOBILES; BICYCLING; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; GERMANY; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; KNEE INJURIES; MOTORCYCLES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; WALKING;

EID: 33845869058     PISSN: 01775537     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00113-006-1186-2     Document Type: Article

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