Bicycle-related crashes in hong kong: Is it possible to reduce mortality and severe injury in the metropolitan area?

Hong Kong Journal of Emergency Medicine

Volumn 18, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 136-143

  Sze, N N ^b   Tsui, K L ^a   Wong, S C ^b   So, F L ^a  

^a TUEN MUN HOSPITAL   (Hong Kong)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Bicycling; Injury scale; Logit model; Traffic accidents

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ALCOHOL INTOXICATION; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR; BICYCLE; CYCLING; DATA BASE; DEMOGRAPHY; EDUCATION; FEMALE; GEOMETRY; HEAD INJURY; HELMET; HUMAN; INJURY SCALE; INJURY SEVERITY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD; MIDDLE AGED; MORTALITY; MOTOR VEHICLE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; POLICE; RISK FACTOR; TRAFFIC ACCIDENT; TRAFFIC SAFETY; TRUNK; VICTIM; WEATHER;

EID: 79959833507     PISSN: 10249079     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/102490791101800302     Document Type: Article

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