<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8" ?><rss version="2.0"><channel><title>Safetylit: Pedestrians and Bicycles</title><link>http://www.safetylit.org/</link><description>Welcome to SafetyLit, the online source for recent research about injury prevention.</description><item><title>Bicycle-related injuries in children: Disturbing profile of a growing problem. - Klin B, Rosenfeld-Yehoshua N, Abu-Kishk I, Efrati Y, Kozer E, Jeroukhimov I, Eshel G, Lotan G. </title><category>Pedestrians and Bicycles</category><link>http://www.safetylit.org/citations/index.php?fuseaction=citations.viewdetails&amp;citationIds[]=citjournalarticle_107539_9</link><description>CONTEXT: We observed a changing pattern of bicycle-related injuries in children, with the focus changing from head trauma to thoracic and abdominal injuries, and a trend to increasingly severe injuries. OBJECTIVE: To assess the changing injury pattern, and...</description></item><item><title>Epidemiological characteristics of road traffic injuries in AP Vojvodina. - Durić P, Miladinov-Mikov M. </title><category>Pedestrians and Bicycles</category><link>http://www.safetylit.org/citations/index.php?fuseaction=citations.viewdetails&amp;citationIds[]=citjournalarticle_107291_9</link><description>INTRODUCTION: Traffic accidents are one of the leading epidemiological problems in developed countries as well as in developing ones. It is estimated that every day in the world 1308 person die in car accidents. Causes of traffic accidents are factors of r...</description></item><item><title>Myopia, spectacle wear, and risk of bicycle accidents among rural Chinese secondary school students: the Xichang Pediatric Refractive Error Study report no. 7. - Zhang M, Congdon N, Li L, Song Y, Choi K, Wang Y, Zhou Z, Liu X, Sharma A, Chen W, Lam DS. </title><category>Pedestrians and Bicycles</category><link>http://www.safetylit.org/citations/index.php?fuseaction=citations.viewdetails&amp;citationIds[]=citjournalarticle_105087_9</link><description>OBJECTIVE: To study the effect of myopia and spectacle wear on bicycle-related injuries in rural Chinese students. Myopia is common among Chinese students but few studies have examined its effect on daily activities. METHODS: Data on visual acuity, refract...</description></item><item><title>Socio-economic factors and active commuting to school in urban Spanish adolescents: the AVENA study. - Chillón P, Ortega FB, Ruiz JR, Pérez IJ, Martín-Matillas M, Valtueña J, Gómez-Martínez S, Redondo C, Rey-López JP, Castillo MJ, Tercedor P, Delgado M. </title><category>Pedestrians and Bicycles</category><link>http://www.safetylit.org/citations/index.php?fuseaction=citations.viewdetails&amp;citationIds[]=citjournalarticle_107530_9</link><description>Background: This study aimed: (i) to describe the patterns of commuting to school in urban Spanish adolescents; and (ii) to examine the associations between active commuting to school (ACS) and socio-economic factors. Methods: From the AVENA Study, 2183 ad...</description></item><item><title>The non-linearity of risk and the promotion of environmentally sustainable transport. - Elvik R. </title><category>Pedestrians and Bicycles</category><link>http://www.safetylit.org/citations/index.php?fuseaction=citations.viewdetails&amp;citationIds[]=citjournalarticle_107468_9</link><description>Several studies show that the risks of injury to pedestrians and cyclists are highly non-linear. This means that the more pedestrians or cyclists there are, the lower is the risk faced by each pedestrian or cyclist. On the other hand, the more motor vehicl...</description></item></channel> </rss>