TY  - JOUR
PY  - 1983//
TI  - Fatal injuries to bicyclists: the experience of Dade County, Florida
JO  - Journal of trauma
A1  - Williams, Angela
A1  - Mohan, Dinesh
A1  - Wells, Joann K.
A1  - Tate, L.
A1  - Davis, Jerry
A1  - Fife, D.
SP  - 745
EP  - 755
VL  - 23
IS  - 8
N2  - Among 173 fatally injured bicyclists, the head or neck was the region most seriously injured in 86%. The frequency of injury to the head and neck region and the frequency of nonsurvivable (AIS 6) injury were highest among the cases aged 16 years or less. Vertebral fractures occurred most often in the highest cervical vertebra (C1) and progressively less often in lower vertebrae. The relationship between vertebral position and fracture likelihood is approximately log linear. Bicyclists with a relatively long time from injury to death tended to be older persons with survivable injuries. They often died from complications (pneumonia, pulmonary embolus) rather than directly from their injuries.
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SN  - 0022-5282
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/
ID  - ref1
ER  -