Association of cyclists' age and sex with risk of involvement in a crash before and after adjustment for cycling exposure

Accident Analysis and Prevention

Volumn 62, Issue , 2014, Pages 259-267

  Martínez Ruiz, Virginia ^a,b   Jiménez Mejías, Eladio ^a,b   Luna Del Castillo, Juan De Dios ^a,b   García Martín, Miguel ^a,b   Jiménez Moleón, José Juan ^a,b   Lardelli Claret, Pablo ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GRANADA   (Spain)

^b CIBER EPIDEMIOLOGÍA Y SALUD PÚBLICA CIBERESP   (Spain)

Author keywords

Age; Cyclists; Exposure; Sex; Traffic accident

Indexed keywords

AGE; CRASH RATE; CYCLISTS; DECOMPOSITION ANALYSIS; EXPOSURE; EXPOSURE RATE; ROAD CRASH; SEX;

ACCIDENT PREVENTION; HIGHWAY ACCIDENTS; POPULATION STATISTICS;

RISK PERCEPTION; HIGHWAY ACCIDENTS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; BICYCLE; CHILD; CYCLISTS; EXPOSURE; FEMALE; HELMET; HUMAN; INJURY; INJURY SCALE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PRESCHOOL CHILD; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SEX; SEX DIFFERENCE; SPAIN; STATISTICS; TRAFFIC ACCIDENT; UTILIZATION REVIEW; YOUNG ADULT;

AGE; CYCLISTS; EXPOSURE; SEX; TRAFFIC ACCIDENT;

ACCIDENTS, TRAFFIC; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; BICYCLING; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HEAD PROTECTIVE DEVICES; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS; SEX FACTORS; SPAIN; TRAUMA SEVERITY INDICES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84887463234     PISSN: 00014575     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.aap.2013.10.011     Document Type: Article

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