Bicycle crash casualties in a highly motorized city

Accident Analysis and Prevention

Volumn 42, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 1902-1907

  Loo, Becky P Y ^a   Tsui, K L ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^b HOSPITAL AUTHORITY   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Bicycle crashes; Cyclists; Epidemiological study; Spatial characteristics; Statistical analysis

Indexed keywords

BICYCLES; MOTOR TRANSPORTATION; STATISTICAL MECHANICS; STATISTICAL METHODS; STATISTICAL TESTS; TRANSPORTATION;

BICYCLE CRASHES; BINARY LOGISTIC REGRESSION; CYCLISTS; EPIDEMIOLOGICAL STUDIES; SPATIAL ANALYSIS; SPATIAL CHARACTERISTICS; SPATIAL DIMENSION; STATISTICAL TOOLS;

SPORTING GOODS;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BICYCLE; CAUSE OF DEATH; CHI SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; CITY PLANNING; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; CROWDING; DEMOGRAPHY; FACTUAL DATABASE; FEMALE; HONG KONG; HUMAN; INJURY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MORTALITY; MOTOR VEHICLE; RISK FACTOR; SAFETY; STATISTICS; TRAFFIC ACCIDENT; URBAN POPULATION;

ACCIDENTS, TRAFFIC; ADULT; BICYCLING; CAUSE OF DEATH; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; CITY PLANNING; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; CROWDING; DATABASES, FACTUAL; DEMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HONG KONG; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOTOR VEHICLES; RISK FACTORS; SAFETY; URBAN POPULATION; WOUNDS AND INJURIES;

EID: 78049408957     PISSN: 00014575     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.aap.2010.05.011     Document Type: Article

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