Injuries related to off-road vehicles in Canada

Accident Analysis and Prevention

Volumn 75, Issue , 2015, Pages 264-271

  Vanlaar, Ward ^a   McAteer, Heather ^a   Brown, Steve ^a   Crain, Jennifer ^b   McFaull, Steven ^b   Hing, Marisela Mainegra ^a  

^a Traffic Injury Research Foundation   (Canada)

^b PUBLIC HEALTH AGENCY OF CANADA   (Canada)

Author keywords

All terrain vehicles; ATVs; Dirt bikes; Off road vehicles; ORVs; Snowmobiles

Indexed keywords

ACCIDENTS; ALL WHEEL DRIVE VEHICLES; BICYCLES; HEALTH RISKS; HOSPITALS; ROADS AND STREETS; TRANSPORTATION; VEHICLES;

ALL-TERRAIN VEHICLE; ATVS; DIRT BIKES; ORVS; SNOWMOBILES;

OFF ROAD VEHICLES;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CANADA; CHILD; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; FACTUAL DATABASE; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFANT; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MORTALITY; MOTOR VEHICLE; NEWBORN; PRESCHOOL CHILD; RECREATION; RISK FACTOR; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; TRAFFIC ACCIDENT; WOUNDS AND INJURIES;

ACCIDENTS, TRAFFIC; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CANADA; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DATABASES, FACTUAL; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OFF-ROAD MOTOR VEHICLES; RECREATION; RISK FACTORS; WOUNDS AND INJURIES;

EID: 84919485952     PISSN: 00014575     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.aap.2014.12.006     Document Type: Article

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