Bicycle guidelines and crash rates on cycle tracks in the United States

American Journal of Public Health

Volumn 103, Issue 7, 2013, Pages 1240-1248

  Lusk, Anne C ^a   Morency, Patrick ^b   Miranda Moreno, Luis F ^c   Willett, Walter C ^d   Dennerlein, Jack T ^d  

^a HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

^c MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^d BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BICYCLE; ENVIRONMENTAL PLANNING; HUMAN; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; RISK ASSESSMENT; STANDARD; STATISTICS; TRAFFIC ACCIDENT; UNITED STATES;

ACCIDENTS, TRAFFIC; BICYCLING; ENVIRONMENT DESIGN; GUIDELINES AS TOPIC; HUMANS; RISK ASSESSMENT; UNITED STATES;

MLCS; MLOWN;

EID: 84879005798     PISSN: 00900036     EISSN: 15410048     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2105/AJPH.2012.301043     Document Type: Article

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