The Effect of the 1992 California Motorcycle Helmet Use Law on Motorcycle Crash Fatalities and Injuries

JAMA: The Journal of the American Medical Association

Volumn 272, Issue 19, 1994, Pages 1506-1511

  Kraus, Jess F ^a   Peek, Corinne ^a   Mcarthur, David L ^a   Williams, Allan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACCIDENT PREVENTION; ADULT; ARTICLE; EPIDEMIOLOGY; FATALITY; FEMALE; HEAD INJURY; HELMET; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; LAW; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MOTORCYCLE; PREVENTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK MANAGEMENT; TRAFFIC ACCIDENT; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0028001690     PISSN: 00987484     EISSN: 15383598     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/jama.1994.03520190052034     Document Type: Article

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