Bicycling crash circumstances vary by route type: A cross-sectional analysis

BMC Public Health

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 2014, Pages

  Teschke, Kay ^a   Frendo, Theresa ^a   Shen, Hui ^a   Harris, M Anne ^b   Reynolds, Conor Co ^a   Cripton, Peter A ^c   Brubacher, Jeff ^a   Cusimano, Michael D ^d   Friedman, Steven M ^e   Hunte, Garth ^a   Monro, Melody ^a   Vernich, Lee ^d   Babul, Shelina ^f   Chipman, Mary ^d   Winters, Meghan ^g  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^b RYERSON UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^d UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^e UNIVERSITY HEALTH NETWORK   (Canada)

^f British Columbia Injury Research and Prevention Unit   (Canada)

^g SIMON FRASER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Bicycling injuries; Bike lanes; Traffic accidents

Indexed keywords

ADULT; CANADA; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; CYCLING; DEMOGRAPHY; ENVIRONMENTAL PLANNING; EPIDEMIOLOGY; HUMAN; INJURIES; MALE; RISK; RISK ASSESSMENT; SAFETY; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; TRAFFIC ACCIDENT;

ACCIDENTS, TRAFFIC; ADULT; BICYCLING; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; ENVIRONMENT DESIGN; HUMANS; MALE; ONTARIO; RESIDENCE CHARACTERISTICS; RISK; RISK ASSESSMENT; SAFETY;

EID: 84965189088     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712458     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2458-14-1205     Document Type: Article

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