Comparison of the serious injury pattern of adult bicyclists, between South-West Netherlands and the State of Victoria, Australia 2001-2009

Injury

Volumn 44, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 848-854

  Yilmaz, Pinar ^a,b   Gabbe, Belinda J ^b,c   McDermott, Francis T ^b   Van Lieshout, Esther M M ^a   Rood, Pleunie P M ^a   Mulligan, Terrence M ^d,e   Patka, Peter ^a   Cameron, Peter A ^b,c,f  

^a ERASMUS MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^c NATIONAL TRAUMA RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Australia)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^e STELLENBOSCH UNIVERSITY   (South Africa)

^f Emergency and Trauma Centre   (Australia)

Author keywords

Bicycle; Emergency department; Head injury; Helmet

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; BICYCLE; COHORT ANALYSIS; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; HEAD INJURY; HELMET; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HUMAN; INJURY SCALE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; MULTIVARIATE LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; NETHERLANDS; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SPORT INJURY; UNIVARIATE ANALYSIS; VICTIM;

ACCIDENTS, TRAFFIC; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BICYCLING; ENVIRONMENT DESIGN; FEMALE; HEAD PROTECTIVE DEVICES; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NETHERLANDS; ODDS RATIO; PREVALENCE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; TRAUMA CENTERS; TRAUMA SEVERITY INDICES; VICTORIA; WOUNDS AND INJURIES;

EID: 84877778104     PISSN: 00201383     EISSN: 18790267     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.injury.2013.03.007     Document Type: Article

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