Epidemiology of Nonfatal Bicycle Injuries Presenting to United States Emergency Departments, 2001-2008

Academic Emergency Medicine

Volumn 20, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 570-575

  Chen, William S ^a,c   Dunn, Roger Y ^a   Chen, Allison J ^a,b   Linakis, James G ^a,b  

^a RHODE ISLAND HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b BROWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ACCIDENT PREVENTION; ACCIDENT PRONENESS; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANKLE INJURY; ARM INJURY; BODY REGIONS; CHILD; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; CONTUSION; CYCLING; ELBOW INJURY; EMERGENCY MEDICINE; EMERGENCY WARD; FACE INJURY; FEMALE; FOOT INJURY; GENDER; GROUPS BY AGE; HAND INJURY; HEAD INJURY; HEMATOMA; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; INFANT; KNEE INJURY; LEG INJURY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL INFORMATION; MOTOR VEHICLE; NECK INJURY; NEWBORN; NONFATAL BICYCLE INJURY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SCHOOL CHILD; SKIN ABRASION; TRAFFIC ACCIDENT; UNITED STATES; WRIST INJURY;

ACCIDENTS; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BICYCLING; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COHORT STUDIES; CRANIOCEREBRAL TRAUMA; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; INFANT; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; UNITED STATES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84879028614     PISSN: 10696563     EISSN: 15532712     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/acem.12146     Document Type: Review

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