Trauma injuries sustained by cyclists

Trauma

Volumn 8, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 77-84

  Kloss, F R ^a   Tuli, T ^a   Haechl, O ^a   Gassner, R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF INNSBRUCK   (Austria)

Author keywords

accident mechanism; bicycling; bone fractures (dental trauma); epidemiology; risk factors; trauma

Indexed keywords

ABRASION; AGE; BICYCLE; CONTUSION; CYCLING; FACE INJURY; HEAD AND NECK INJURY; HEART CONTUSION; HELMET; HUMAN; INTOXICATION; LACERATION; LIMB INJURY; LUNG CONTUSION; PNEUMOTHORAX; PROTECTIVE CLOTHING; REVIEW; RIB FRACTURE; RISK FACTOR; SEX DIFFERENCE; SPORT INJURY; TOOTH FRACTURE; TRAFFIC ACCIDENT;

EID: 34547860017     PISSN: 14604086     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1460408606072681     Document Type: Article

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