The incidence of injuries traveling to and from school by travel mode

Preventive Medicine

Volumn 46, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 74-76

  Schofield, Grant M ^a   Gianotti, Simon ^b   Badland, Hannah M ^a   Hinckson, Erica A ^a  

^a AUCKLAND UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (New Zealand)

^b Accident Compensation Corporation   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Injury; Risk; School travel; Transport mode; Youth

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYCLING; EMPORIATRICS; FEMALE; GROUPS BY AGE; HEALTH CARE; HEALTH HAZARD; HUMAN; MALE; MOTOR VEHICLE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; TRAFFIC ACCIDENT; TRAFFIC AND TRANSPORT;

ADOLESCENT; CHILD; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; NEW ZEALAND; SCHOOLS; TRANSPORTATION; WOUNDS AND INJURIES;

EID: 38049062978     PISSN: 00917435     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ypmed.2007.09.002     Document Type: Article

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