A comparative study of bike lane injuries

Journal of Trauma and Acute Care Surgery

Volumn 72, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 448-453

  Wee, Jung Hee ^a   Park, Jeong Ho ^a   Park, Kyu Nam ^a   Choi, Seung Pill ^a  

^a The Catholic University of Korea   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Bicycling; Epidemiology; Injury severity score

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ARTICLE; BICYCLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; FALLING; FEMALE; HUMAN; INJURY SEVERITY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTECTIVE CLOTHING; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SEASON; SEX RATIO; SPORT INJURY; TRAFFIC ACCIDENT; CHILD; INJURY; INJURY SCALE; MIDDLE AGED; RISK FACTOR; STATISTICS;

ACCIDENTS, TRAFFIC; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; BICYCLING; CHILD; FEMALE; HUMANS; INJURY SEVERITY SCORE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROTECTIVE CLOTHING; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 84860549425     PISSN: 21630755     EISSN: 21630763     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/TA.0b013e31823c5868     Document Type: Article

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