Bicyclist-Bicyclist Crashes-A Medical and Technical Crash Analysis

Traffic Injury Prevention

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 56-60

  Brand, Stephan ^a   Otte, Dietmar ^a   Petri, Maximilian ^a   Müller, Christian ^a   Stübig, Timo ^a   Krettek, Christian ^a   Haasper, Carl ^a  

^a HANNOVER MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Germany)

Author keywords

bicycle helmet; bicyclist; injury severity; medical analysis; technical analysis

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ARTICLE; BICYCLE; CHILD; ENVIRONMENTAL PLANNING; FEMALE; GERMANY; HELMET; HUMAN; INFANT; INJURY; INJURY SCALE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PRESCHOOL CHILD; RISK FACTOR; STATISTICS; TIME; TRAFFIC ACCIDENT; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

ACCIDENTS, TRAFFIC; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; BICYCLING; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; ENVIRONMENT DESIGN; FEMALE; GERMANY; HEAD PROTECTIVE DEVICES; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RISK FACTORS; TIME FACTORS; TRAUMA SEVERITY INDICES; WOUNDS AND INJURIES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84871910960     PISSN: 15389588     EISSN: 1538957X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/15389588.2012.688152     Document Type: Article

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