The relationship between visibility aid use and motor vehicle related injuries among bicyclists presenting to emergency departments

Accident Analysis and Prevention

Volumn 65, Issue , 2014, Pages 85-96

  Hagel, B E ^a   Romanow, N T R ^a   Morgunov, N ^a   Embree, T ^a   Couperthwaite, A B ^a   Voaklander, D ^b   Rowe, B H ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Bicycling; Collision; Epidemiology; Injury prevention; Visibility aids

Indexed keywords

BICYCLING; COLLISION; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; EDMONTON , ALBERTA; EMERGENCY DEPARTMENTS; INJURY PREVENTION; LOGISTIC REGRESSIONS; PROTECTIVE EFFECTS;

AUTOMOBILE BODIES; EMERGENCY ROOMS; EPIDEMIOLOGY; FLUORESCENCE;

VISIBILITY;

ACCIDENT PREVENTION; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BICYCLE; CANADA; CLOTHING; COLLISION; COLOR; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; EPIDEMIOLOGY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INJURY; MALE; PROTECTIVE EQUIPMENT; RISK; SAFETY; STATISTICS; TRAFFIC ACCIDENT; UTILIZATION REVIEW; VISIBILITY AIDS; YOUNG ADULT;

BICYCLING; COLLISION; EPIDEMIOLOGY; INJURY PREVENTION; VISIBILITY AIDS;

ACCIDENTS, TRAFFIC; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ALBERTA; BICYCLING; CLOTHING; COLOR; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; ODDS RATIO; PROTECTIVE DEVICES; SAFETY; UTILIZATION REVIEW; WOUNDS AND INJURIES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84892764482     PISSN: 00014575     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.aap.2013.12.014     Document Type: Article

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