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Bicycle-related injuries in Tehran.
Herein, we reviewed the pattern and mechanisms of injuries resulting from bicycle accidents in Tehran. During one year of trauma registry in six general hospitals, 8,000 trauma patients who had sustained injuries within a week before admission and hospitalized for more than 24 hours were studied. Bicycle injuries comprised 2.1% (n=170) of all cases admitted during the studied period. Males were...
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ژورنال
عنوان ژورنال: American Journal of Public Health
سال: 1991
ISSN: 0090-0036,1541-0048
DOI: 10.2105/ajph.81.8.1079