Vulnerable roadway users struck by motor vehicles at the center of the safest, large US city

Journal of Trauma and Acute Care Surgery

Volumn 74, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 1138-1145

  Dultz, Linda A ^a   Foltin, George ^a   Simon, Ronald ^a   Wall, Stephen P ^a   Levine, Deborah A ^a   Bholat, Omar ^a   Slaughter Larkem, Dekeya ^a   Jacko, Sally ^a   Marr, Mollie ^a   Glass, Nina E ^a   Pachter, H Leon ^a   Frangos, Spiros G ^a  

^a BELLEVUE HOSPITAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

bicyclist; motor vehicle; Pedestrian

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR; BODY MASS; CHILD; CYCLING; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; ETHNICITY; FEMALE; HEARING IMPAIRMENT; HELMET; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; INFANT; INJURY SCALE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; MOTOR VEHICLE; PEDESTRIAN; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SCHOOL CHILD; TRAFFIC SAFETY; UNITED STATES;

ACCIDENTS, TRAFFIC; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BICYCLING; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HEAD PROTECTIVE DEVICES; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; INJURY SEVERITY SCORE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOTOR VEHICLES; NEW YORK CITY; ODDS RATIO; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; SURVIVAL RATE; TRAUMA CENTERS; URBAN POPULATION; WOUNDS AND INJURIES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84876162680     PISSN: 21630755     EISSN: 21630763     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/TA.0b013e31827ab722     Document Type: Article

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