Is it safe in numbers?

Injury Prevention

Volumn 21, Issue 4, 2015, Pages 276-277

  Christie, Nicola ^a   Pike, Ian ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CYCLING; HUMAN; INJURIES; SAFETY; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; TRAFFIC ACCIDENT; WALKING;

ACCIDENTS, TRAFFIC; BICYCLING; HUMANS; SAFETY; WALKING;

EID: 84937954310     PISSN: 13538047     EISSN: 14755785     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/injuryprev-2015-041687     Document Type: Note

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