Injuries sustained by bicyclists

Trauma

Volumn 16, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 183-188

  Melo, Nicolas ^a   Berg, Regan j ^a   Inaba, Kenji ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Bicycles; epidemiology; helmets; injury patterns; injury prevention; United Kingdom; United States

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL INJURY; ABDOMINAL WALL MUSCULATURE; ACCIDENT PREVENTION; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; BICYCLE; BRAIN HEMORRHAGE; BRAIN INJURY; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CYCLING; DISEASE SEVERITY; DRUG ABUSE; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; EQUIPMENT FAILURE; FACE INJURY; HEAD INJURY; HELMET; HIGH RISK BEHAVIOR; HUMAN; LIMB INJURY; MANDIBLE FRACTURE; PELVIS FRACTURE; PROTECTIVE EQUIPMENT; REVIEW; SKULL FRACTURE; SPINE INJURY; SPORT INJURY; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; THORAX INJURY; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; TRAFFIC; TRAFFIC ACCIDENT; URBAN AREA;

EID: 84902968351     PISSN: 14604086     EISSN: 14770350     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1460408614530953     Document Type: Review

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