Urban and rural variation in walking patterns and pedestrian crashes

Injury Prevention

Volumn 14, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 377-380

  Zhu, M ^a   Cummings, P ^b   Chu, H ^c   Xiang, H ^d  

^a WEST VIRGINIA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^c University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill   (United States)

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

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CHILD; FEMALE; HEALTH; HUMAN; INFANT; INJURY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MORTALITY; MOTOR VEHICLE; NEWBORN; POPULATION DENSITY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; STATISTICS; TRAFFIC ACCIDENT; UNITED STATES; WALKING;

ACCIDENTS, TRAFFIC; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOTOR VEHICLES; NEW YORK; POPULATION DENSITY; RURAL HEALTH; URBAN HEALTH; WALKING; WOUNDS AND INJURIES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 57849115926     PISSN: 13538047     EISSN: 14755785     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/ip.2007.018234     Document Type: Article

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