The impact of implementing a public bicycle share program on the likelihood of collisions and near misses in Montreal, Canada

Preventive Medicine

Volumn 57, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 920-924

  Fuller, Daniel ^a   Gauvin, Lise ^b   Morency, Patrick ^c   Kestens, Yan ^b   Drouin, Louis ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SASKATCHEWAN   (Canada)

^b CENTRE HOSPITALIER DE L UNIVERSITÉ DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITÉ DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

Collisions; Cycling; Injuries; Intervention; Population health

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BICYCLE; CANADA; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; CYCLING; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; HEALTH IMPACT ASSESSMENT; HEALTH PROGRAM; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MOTOR VEHICLE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TELEPHONE INTERVIEW; TRAFFIC ACCIDENT;

COLLISIONS; CYCLING; INJURIES; INTERVENTION; POPULATION HEALTH;

ACCIDENTS, TRAFFIC; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BICYCLING; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; QUEBEC; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84887815600     PISSN: 00917435     EISSN: 10960260     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ypmed.2013.05.028     Document Type: Article

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