Unsafe riding practice among electric bikers in Suzhou, China: An observational study

BMJ Open

Volumn 4, Issue 1, 2014, Pages

  Yang, Jie ^a   Hu, Yihe ^b   Du, Wei ^c,d   Powis, Brent ^e   Ozanne Smith, Joan ^f   Liao, Yilan ^g   Li, Ning ^c   Wu, Ming ^a  

^a Jiangsu Provincial Centre for Disease Control and Prevention   (China)

^b Suzhou Municipal Center for Disease Control and Prevention   (China)

^c PEKING UNIVERSITY   (China)

^d UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

^e INTERNATIONAL MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Malaysia)

^f MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^g INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY AND GEOPHYSICS   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHINA; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DRIVING ABILITY; ELECTRIC BIKE; FEMALE; HELMET; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MOTOR VEHICLE; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; RISK FACTOR; RURAL AREA; SEX DIFFERENCE; TRAFFIC SAFETY; TRAVEL; URBAN AREA; VELOCITY; CYCLING; ELECTRICAL EQUIPMENT; HIGH RISK BEHAVIOR; SAFETY;

BICYCLING; CHINA; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; ELECTRICAL EQUIPMENT AND SUPPLIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; RISK-TAKING; SAFETY;

EID: 84892849138     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20446055     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bmjopen-2013-003902     Document Type: Article

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