Comparing the effects of infrastructure on bicycling injury at intersections and non-intersections using a case-crossover design

Injury Prevention

Volumn 19, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 303-310

  Anne Harris, M ^a   Reynolds, Conor C O ^b,c   Winters, Meghan ^d   Cripton, Peter A ^b   Shen, Hui ^b   Chipman, Mary L ^e   Cusimano, Michael D ^e,f   Babul, Shelina ^b   Brubacher, Jeffrey R ^b   Friedman, Steven M ^e,g   Hunte, Garth ^b   Monro, Melody ^b   Vernich, Lee ^e   Teschke, Kay ^b  

^a RYERSON UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^d SIMON FRASER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^e UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^f ST MICHAEL'S HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^g UNIVERSITY HEALTH NETWORK   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BICYCLE; CANADA; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CROSSOVER PROCEDURE; ENVIRONMENTAL PLANNING; FEMALE; HUMAN; INJURY; MALE; METHODOLOGY; SAFETY; STATISTICAL MODEL; STATISTICS; TRAFFIC ACCIDENT;

ACCIDENTS, TRAFFIC; ADULT; BICYCLING; BRITISH COLUMBIA; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CROSS-OVER STUDIES; ENVIRONMENT DESIGN; FEMALE; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; ONTARIO; SAFETY MANAGEMENT;

EID: 84884703291     PISSN: 13538047     EISSN: 14755785     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/injuryprev-2012-040561     Document Type: Article

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