Bicycle accidents - Do we only see the tip of the iceberg?: A prospective multi-centre study in a large German city combining medical and police data

Injury

Volumn 43, Issue 12, 2012, Pages 2026-2034

  Juhra, C ^a   Wieskotter B ^a   Chu, K ^a   Trost, L ^a   Weiss, U ^b   Messerschmidt, M ^b   Malczyk, A ^c   Heckwolf, M ^d   Raschke, M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL MÜNSTER   (Germany)

^b Police Münster   (Germany)

^c German Insurance Association   (Germany)

^d Mathias Hospital   (Germany)

Author keywords

Bicycle accidents; Economic impact; Fracture; Helmet; Traumatic brain injury

Indexed keywords

EID: 84868203766     PISSN: 00201383     EISSN: 18790267     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.injury.2011.10.016     Document Type: Article

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