Alcohol consumption, helmet use and head trauma in cycling collisions in Germany

Accident Analysis and Prevention

Volumn 65, Issue , 2014, Pages 97-104

  Orsi, Chiara ^a   Ferraro, Ottavia E ^a   Montomoli, Cristina ^a   Otte, Dietmar ^b   Morandi, Anna ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PAVIA   (Italy)

^b HANNOVER MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Germany)

Author keywords

Alcohol; Bicycle; Collision; Helmet; Injury; Road accident

Indexed keywords

ACCIDENT CHARACTERISTICS; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; COLLISION; HEAD INJURIES; HELMET; INJURY; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; TRAFFIC COLLISIONS;

ALCOHOLS; BICYCLES; HIGHWAY ACCIDENTS; MOTOR TRANSPORTATION; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SAFETY DEVICES;

ACCIDENT PREVENTION;

ALCOHOL;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ALCOHOL INTOXICATION; ARTICLE; BICYCLE; BLOOD; CHILD; COLLISION; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; FEMALE; GERMANY; HEAD INJURY; HELMET; HUMAN; INJURY; INJURY SCALE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIPLE TRAUMA; RISK FACTOR; STATISTICS; TRAFFIC ACCIDENT; UTILIZATION REVIEW; YOUNG ADULT;

ALCOHOL; BICYCLE; COLLISION; HELMET; INJURY; ROAD ACCIDENT;

ACCIDENTS, TRAFFIC; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ALCOHOLIC INTOXICATION; BICYCLING; CHILD; CRANIOCEREBRAL TRAUMA; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; ETHANOL; FEMALE; GERMANY; HEAD PROTECTIVE DEVICES; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIPLE TRAUMA; RISK FACTORS; TRAUMA SEVERITY INDICES; UTILIZATION REVIEW; WOUNDS AND INJURIES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84892745227     PISSN: 00014575     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.aap.2013.12.019     Document Type: Article

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