Safety in numbers: More walkers and bicyclists, safer walking and bicycling

Injury Prevention

Volumn 21, Issue 4, 2015, Pages 271-275

  Jacobsen, Peter Lyndon ^a  

^a Public Health Consultant   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CALIFORNIA; CAR DRIVING; CYCLING; ENVIRONMENTAL PLANNING; EUROPE; HUMAN; INJURIES; PREVENTION AND CONTROL; PSYCHOLOGY; SAFETY; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; TRAFFIC ACCIDENT; WALKING;

ACCIDENTS, TRAFFIC; AUTOMOBILE DRIVING; BICYCLING; CALIFORNIA; ENVIRONMENT DESIGN; EUROPE; HUMANS; SAFETY; WALKING;

EID: 84937875961     PISSN: 13538047     EISSN: 14755785     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/ip.9.3.205rep     Document Type: Article

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