Cycle helmets - when is legislation justified?

Journal of Medical Ethics

Volumn 22, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 41-45

  Unwin, Nigel C ^a,b  

^a NEWCASTLE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b NEWCASTLE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Cycle helmets; Effectiveness; Personal liberty; Public acceptability

Indexed keywords

ACCIDENT; CONFERENCE PAPER; CYCLING; EXERCISE; HEAD INJURY; HELMET; HUMAN; HUMAN RIGHTS; LAW; PUBLIC HEALTH; SAFETY;

EID: 0030048665     PISSN: 03066800     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/jme.22.1.41     Document Type: Conference Paper

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