Child pedestrian injuries and urban change

Injury Prevention

Volumn 17, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 9-14

  Yiannakoulias, Nikolaos ^a   Scott, Darren M ^a   Rowe, Brian H ^b   Voaklander, Donald C ^b  

^a MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CANADA; CHILD; ECONOMICS; ENVIRONMENTAL PLANNING; FEMALE; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INJURY; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; RISK FACTOR; SOCIOECONOMICS; STANDARD; STATISTICS; TRAFFIC ACCIDENT; URBAN POPULATION; WALKING;

ACCIDENTS, TRAFFIC; ALBERTA; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; ENVIRONMENT DESIGN; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; RISK FACTORS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; URBAN POPULATION; WALKING; WOUNDS AND INJURIES;

EID: 79751485493     PISSN: 13538047     EISSN: 14755785     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/ip.2010.028225     Document Type: Article

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