Epidemiology of bicycle injuries in 13 health divisions, Islamic Republic of Iran 2003

Accident Analysis and Prevention

Volumn 40, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 192-199

  Karkhaneh, Mohammad ^a,d   Naghavi, Mohsen ^b   Rowe, Brian H ^a   Hagel, Brent E ^c   Jafari, Nahid ^b   Saunders, L Duncan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

^b MINISTRY OF HEALTH AND MEDICAL EDUCATION   (Iran)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

^d SEMNAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

Author keywords

Accidents traffic; Bicycling; Epidemiology; Health surveys; Wounds and injuries

Indexed keywords

ACCIDENT PREVENTION; BICYCLES; DATA REDUCTION; EPIDEMIOLOGY; HIGHWAY ACCIDENTS;

BICYCLISTS; HEALTH SURVEYS; SURVEY INSTRUMENTS; WOUNDS AND INJURIES;

HEALTH RISKS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BICYCLE; CHILD; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HELMET; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INJURY; INJURY SCALE; IRAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MORTALITY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; RISK FACTOR; STATISTICS; TRAFFIC ACCIDENT; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

ACCIDENTS, TRAFFIC; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BICYCLING; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HEAD PROTECTIVE DEVICES; HEALTH SURVEYS; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; INJURY SEVERITY SCORE; IRAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 38149113983     PISSN: 00014575     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.aap.2007.05.006     Document Type: Article

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