An exposure based study of crash and injury rates in a cohort of transport and recreational cyclists in New South Wales, Australia

Accident Analysis and Prevention

Volumn 78, Issue , 2015, Pages 29-38

  Poulos, R G ^a   Hatfield, J ^b   Rissel, C ^c   Flack, L K ^a   Murphy, S ^a   Grzebieta, R ^b   McIntosh, A S ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^d UNIVERSITY OF BALLARAT   (Australia)

Author keywords

Accidents; Bicycling; Crash rates; Recreation; Transportation; Wounds and injuries

Indexed keywords

ACCIDENT PREVENTION; ACCIDENTS; SAFETY ENGINEERING; TRANSPORTATION;

AUSTRALIA; BICYCLING; CRASH RATE; INJURY RATE; NEW SOUTH WALES; NEW SOUTH WALES , AUSTRALIA; RECREATION; WOUNDS AND INJURIES;

HOSPITALS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AUSTRALIA; COHORT ANALYSIS; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CYCLING; FEMALE; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INJURIES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RECREATION; SELF REPORT; SEX DIFFERENCE; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; TRAFFIC ACCIDENT; WOUNDS AND INJURIES; YOUNG ADULT;

ACCIDENTS, TRAFFIC; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; BICYCLING; COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEW SOUTH WALES; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RECREATION; SELF REPORT; SEX FACTORS; WOUNDS AND INJURIES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84923785911     PISSN: 00014575     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.aap.2015.02.009     Document Type: Article

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