Spinning the wheels and rolling the dice: Life-cycle risks and benefits of bicycle commuting in the U.S.

Preventive Medicine

Volumn 64, Issue , 2014, Pages 8-13

  Edwards, Ryan D ^a   Mason, Carl N ^b  

^a CITY UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Accidents; Aging; D84; Expectations; Health; I1; J14; Life expectancy; Life table; Mortality

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BICYCLE; CARDIOVASCULAR SYSTEM; CHILD; CYCLING; FATALITY; FEMALE; GROUPS BY AGE; HEALTH STATUS; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; LIFE TABLE; LONGEVITY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK BENEFIT ANALYSIS; RISK FACTOR; SCHOOL CHILD; STATISTICAL MODEL; TRAFFIC ACCIDENT; TRAVEL; UNITED STATES; VERY ELDERLY; AGE DISTRIBUTION; CAR DRIVING; CAUSE OF DEATH; EPIDEMIOLOGY; INFANT; LIFE EXPECTANCY; MIDDLE AGED; NEWBORN; PHYSIOLOGY; PROCEDURES; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; TRAFFIC AND TRANSPORT; TRENDS; YOUNG ADULT;

ACCIDENTS, TRAFFIC; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AUTOMOBILE DRIVING; BICYCLING; CAUSE OF DEATH; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; LIFE EXPECTANCY; LIFE TABLES; LONGEVITY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RISK ASSESSMENT; TRANSPORTATION; UNITED STATES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84925546493     PISSN: 00917435     EISSN: 10960260     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ypmed.2014.03.015     Document Type: Article

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