Bicycle commuter injury prevention: It is time to focus on the environment

Journal of Trauma - Injury, Infection and Critical Care

Volumn 69, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 1112-1117

  Hoffman, Melissa R ^a   Lambert, William E ^a   Peck, Ellen G ^a   Mayberry, John C ^a  

^a OREGON HEALTH AND SCIENCE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL INJURY; ACCIDENTAL INJURY; ADULT; AGED; ARM INJURY; ARTICLE; BICYCLE; BICYCLE COMMUTER INJURY; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; FACE INJURY; FEMALE; HEAD INJURY; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; LEG INJURY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SKIN INJURY; SOFT TISSUE INJURY; SPINE INJURY; TRAFFIC SAFETY; UNITED STATES;

ACCIDENTS, TRAFFIC; ADULT; AGED; BICYCLING; ENVIRONMENT; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OREGON; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; WOUNDS AND INJURIES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 78549250011     PISSN: 00225282     EISSN: 15298809     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/TA.0b013e3181f990a1     Document Type: Article

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