Cycling injuries among junior high school children in Taiwan

Journal of the Formosan Medical Association

Volumn 96, Issue 8, 1997, Pages 641-648

  See, Lai Chu ^a   Lo, Sing Kai ^b  

^a CHANG GUNG UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b DEAKIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Bicyclist; Injury; Traffic accident; Trauma

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYCLING; DIAGNOSIS; EPIDEMIOLOGY; FEMALE; HEAD INJURY; HELMET; HIGH SCHOOL; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; STUDENT; SURGERY; TAIWAN; TRAFFIC ACCIDENT;

ACCIDENTS, TRAFFIC; ADOLESCENT; ATHLETIC INJURIES; BICYCLING; CHILD; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; TAIWAN;

EID: 9844229069     PISSN: 09296646     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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