Pediatric head injuries and deaths from bicycling in the United States

Pediatrics

Volumn 98, Issue 5, 1996, Pages 868-870

  Sosin, Daniel M ^a   Sacks, Jeffrey J ^a   Webb, Kevin W ^a  

^a NATIONAL CENTER FOR INJURY PREVENTION AND CONTROL   (United States)

Author keywords

bicycles; children; head injury; helmets; injury; mortality; traumatic brain injury

Indexed keywords

ACCIDENT PREVENTION; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BICYCLE; CHILD; HEAD INJURY; HELMET; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MORTALITY; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; UNITED STATES;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BICYCLING; BRAIN INJURIES; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CHIN; CRANIOCEREBRAL TRAUMA; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; HEAD PROTECTIVE DEVICES; HUMANS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0029911993     PISSN: 00314005     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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