Epidemiological profile of hospitalised injuries among electric bicycle riders admitted to a rural hospital in Suzhou: A cross-sectional study

Injury Prevention

Volumn 20, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 128-133

  Du, Wei ^a,b   Yang, Jie ^c   Powis, Brent ^d   Zheng, Xiaoying ^a   Ozanne Smith, Joan ^e   Bilston, Lynne ^b   He, Jinglin ^f   Ma, Ting ^g   Wang, Xiaofei ^g   Wu, Ming ^c  

^a PEKING UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

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

^d INTERNATIONAL MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Malaysia)

^e MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^f WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION   (Switzerland)

^g The Third Municipal Hospital in Zhangjiagang   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; CHILD; CHINA; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; CYCLING; EPIDEMIOLOGY; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HELMET; HOSPITAL; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; INJURY SCALE; LENGTH OF STAY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOTORCYCLE; PATIENT EDUCATION; PRESCHOOL CHILD; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK FACTOR; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; TRAFFIC ACCIDENT; UTILIZATION; VERY ELDERLY; WOUNDS AND INJURIES;

ACCIDENTS, TRAFFIC; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BICYCLING; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CHINA; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HEAD PROTECTIVE DEVICES; HOSPITALS, RURAL; HUMANS; INJURY SEVERITY SCORE; LENGTH OF STAY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOTORCYCLES; PATIENT ADMISSION; PATIENT EDUCATION AS TOPIC; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; WOUNDS AND INJURIES;

EID: 84896491169     PISSN: 13538047     EISSN: 14755785     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/injuryprev-2012-040618     Document Type: Article

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