Understanding on-road practices of electric bike riders: An observational study in a developed city of China

Accident Analysis and Prevention

Volumn 59, Issue , 2013, Pages 319-326

  Du, Wei ^a,b   Yang, Jie ^c   Powis, Brent ^d   Zheng, Xiaoying ^a   Ozanne Smith, Joan ^e   Bilston, Lynne ^b   Wu, Ming ^c  

^a PEKING UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

^c Jiangsu Provincial Centre for Disease Prevention and Control   (China)

^d INTERNATIONAL MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Malaysia)

^e MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Electric bike; Helmet; Observations; Safety practice

Indexed keywords

BEHAVIORAL INTERVENTIONS; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; ELECTRIC BIKES; HELMET; LOGISTIC REGRESSIONS; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; OBSERVATIONS; SAFETY PRACTICES;

LOGISTICS; ROADS AND STREETS; SAFETY DEVICES; TRAFFIC CONTROL; VEHICLES;

BICYCLES;

ARTICLE; BICYCLE; CHINA; CI; CITY; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; E-BIKE; ELECTRIC BIKE; ELECTRICAL EQUIPMENT; FEMALE; HELMET; HIGH RISK BEHAVIOR; HUMAN; MALE; MOTORCYCLE; OBSERVATIONS; ODDS RATIOS; OR; PROTECTIVE CLOTHING; RISK; SAFETY PRACTICE; SEX DIFFERENCE; STATISTICAL MODEL; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

CI; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; E-BIKE; ELECTRIC BIKE; HELMET; OBSERVATIONS; ODDS RATIOS; OR; SAFETY PRACTICE;

BICYCLING; CHINA; CITIES; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; ELECTRICAL EQUIPMENT AND SUPPLIES; FEMALE; GLOVES, PROTECTIVE; HEAD PROTECTIVE DEVICES; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MOTORCYCLES; ODDS RATIO; RISK-TAKING; SEX FACTORS;

EID: 84880611855     PISSN: 00014575     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.aap.2013.06.011     Document Type: Article

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