Open AccessSingle-vehicle and Multi-vehicle Accidents Involving Motorcycles in a Small City in China: Characteristics and Injury Patterns
Author(s) -
Lili Xiong,
Liping Li
Publication year - 2015
Publication title -
aims public health
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
ISSN - 2327-8994
DOI - 10.3934/publichealth.2015.1.74
Subject(s) - medicine , relative risk , head injury , china , injury prevention , poison control , injury surveillance , emergency medicine , surgery , confidence interval , geography , archaeology
There is a gap that involves examining differences between patients in single-vehicle (SV) versus multi-vehicle (MV) accidents involving motorcycles in Shantou, China, regarding the injury patterns and mortality the patients sustained. This study aims to address this gap and provide a basis and reference for motorcycle injury prevention.