Mechanisms, injuries and helmet use in cyclists presenting to an inner city emergency department

EMA - Emergency Medicine Australasia

Volumn 27, Issue 4, 2015, Pages 323-327

  Dinh, Michael M ^a,b   Kastelein, Christopher ^a,c   Hopkins, Roy ^a   Royle, Timothy J ^a   Bein, Kendall J ^a   Chalkley, Dane R ^a   Ivers, Rebecca ^b  

^a ROYAL PRINCE ALFRED HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Cycling; Helmets; Road trauma

Indexed keywords

ACCIDENT PREVENTION; ADULT; ARM INJURY; ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; CYCLING; EMERGENCY WARD; FACE INJURY; FEMALE; HEAD INJURY; HELMET; HUMAN; INJURY SCALE; INTOXICATION; LEG INJURY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK REDUCTION; TRAFFIC ACCIDENT; TRAFFIC SAFETY; ADOLESCENT; AUSTRALIA; CRANIOCEREBRAL TRAUMA; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; INJURIES; MIDDLE AGED; MOLECULAR GENETICS; ODDS RATIO; RISK FACTOR; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; WOUNDS AND INJURIES; YOUNG ADULT;

ABBREVIATED INJURY SCALE; ACCIDENTS, TRAFFIC; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AUSTRALIA; BICYCLING; CRANIOCEREBRAL TRAUMA; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; FACIAL INJURIES; FEMALE; HEAD PROTECTIVE DEVICES; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; ODDS RATIO; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; WOUNDS AND INJURIES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84937739510     PISSN: 17426731     EISSN: 17426723     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1742-6723.12407     Document Type: Article

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