Drawing the curtain back on injured commercial bicyclists

American Journal of Public Health

Volumn 105, Issue 10, 2015, Pages 2131-2136

  Heyer, Jessica H ^a   Sethi, Monica ^a   Wall, Stephen P ^a   Ayoung Chee, Patricia ^a   Slaughter, Dekeya ^a   Jacko, Sally ^a   DiMaggio, Charles J ^a   Frangos, Spiros G ^a  

^a NEW YORK UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; CYCLING; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; EPIDEMIOLOGY; FEMALE; HELMET; HUMAN; INJURIES; INJURY SCALE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOTOR VEHICLE; OCCUPATIONAL ACCIDENT; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; PROTECTIVE CLOTHING; RISK FACTOR; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; TRAFFIC ACCIDENT; UNITED STATES; UTILIZATION;

ACCIDENTS, OCCUPATIONAL; ACCIDENTS, TRAFFIC; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; BICYCLING; FEMALE; HEAD PROTECTIVE DEVICES; HUMANS; INJURY SEVERITY SCORE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOTOR VEHICLES; NEW YORK CITY; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; PROTECTIVE CLOTHING; RISK FACTORS; TRAUMA CENTERS;

EID: 84941358978     PISSN: 00900036     EISSN: 15410048     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2105/AJPH.2015.302738     Document Type: Article

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