Bicycle-related injuries requiring hospitalization in the United Arab Emirates

Injury

Volumn 43, Issue 9, 2012, Pages 1547-1550

  Hefny, Ashraf F ^a   Eid, Hani O ^b   Grivna, Michal ^a   Abu Zidan, Fikri M ^a,c  

^a UNITED ARAB EMIRATES UNIVERSITY   (United Arab Emirates)

^b TAWAM HOSPITAL   (United Arab Emirates)

^c AL AIN HOSPITAL   (United Arab Emirates)

Author keywords

Bicycling; Epidemiology; Helmet; Hospitalization; Injury; Registry

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BICYCLE; BICYCLE RELATED INJURY; DEMOGRAPHY; FACE INJURY; FALLING; FEMALE; GLASGOW COMA SCALE; HEAD INJURY; HELMET; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INJURY SCALE; INJURY SEVERITY; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; LENGTH OF STAY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; TRAFFIC ACCIDENT; UNITED ARAB EMIRATES;

ACCIDENTS, TRAFFIC; ADOLESCENT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; BICYCLING; CHILD; CRANIOCEREBRAL TRAUMA; FEMALE; GLASGOW COMA SCALE; HEAD PROTECTIVE DEVICES; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HOSPITAL MORTALITY; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; INJURY SEVERITY SCORE; MALE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEX DISTRIBUTION; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; UNITED ARAB EMIRATES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84864283781     PISSN: 00201383     EISSN: 18790267     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.injury.2011.05.016     Document Type: Article

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