A Case-Control Study of the Effectiveness of Bicycle Safety Helmets

New England Journal of Medicine

Volumn 320, Issue 21, 1989, Pages 1361-1367

  Thompson, Robert S ^a   Rivara, Frederick P ^a   Thompson, Diane C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BICYCLE ACCIDENT; FATALITY; HEAD INJURY; HELMET; HUMAN; INJURY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TRAFFIC SAFETY;

EID: 0024312292     PISSN: 00284793     EISSN: 15334406     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1056/NEJM198905253202101     Document Type: Article

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