Injuries to pedal cyclists on New Zealand roads, 1988-2007

BMC Public Health

Volumn 10, Issue , 2010, Pages

  Tin Tin, Sandar ^a   Woodward, Alistair ^a   Ameratunga, Shanthi ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BICYCLE; CHILD; FEMALE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; INJURY; INJURY SCALE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MORTALITY; NEW ZEALAND; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; STATISTICS; TRAFFIC ACCIDENT;

ACCIDENTS, TRAFFIC; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BICYCLING; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DATA COLLECTION; FEMALE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEW ZEALAND; TRAUMA SEVERITY INDICES; WOUNDS AND INJURIES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77958608344     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712458     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2458-10-655     Document Type: Article

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