Risk Factors for Child and Adolescent Occupants, Bicyclists, and Pedestrians in Motorized Vehicle Collisions

Traffic Injury Prevention

Volumn 13, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 249-257

  Doong, Ji Liang ^a   Lai, Ching Huei ^b  

^a LUNGHWA UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Taiwan)

^b Ministry of Transportation and Communications Taiwan   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Bicyclist; Child safety; Passenger; Pedestrian

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARTICLE; BICYCLE; CHILD; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFANT; INJURY; MALE; MOTORCYCLE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; STATISTICS; TRAFFIC ACCIDENT; WALKING;

ACCIDENTS, TRAFFIC; ADOLESCENT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; BICYCLING; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; MOTORCYCLES; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS; WALKING; WOUNDS AND INJURIES;

EID: 84861609425     PISSN: 15389588     EISSN: 1538957X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/15389588.2011.647140     Document Type: Article

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