Cycling crashes in children, adolescents, and adults-a comparative analysis

Traffic Injury Prevention

Volumn 12, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 244-250

  Boufous, Soufiane ^a   de Rome, Liz ^a   Senserrick, Teresa ^a   Ivers, Rebecca ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Children; Crash; Cyclist; Epidemiology

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; BICYCLE; CHILD; COMPARATIVE STUDY; FEMALE; HEAD INJURY; HELMET; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INJURY; MALE; POLICE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; STATISTICS; TRAFFIC ACCIDENT; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

ACCIDENTS, TRAFFIC; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; BICYCLING; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CRANIOCEREBRAL TRAUMA; FEMALE; HEAD PROTECTIVE DEVICES; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; MALE; POLICE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; VICTORIA; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 79958697389     PISSN: 15389588     EISSN: 1538957X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/15389588.2011.563333     Document Type: Article

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