Effectiveness of bicycle safety helmets in preventing serious facial injury

JAMA

Volumn 276, Issue 24, 1996, Pages 1974-1975

  Thompson, Diane C ^a   Nunn, Martha E ^b   Thompson, Robert S ^c   Rivara, Frederick P ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^c CENTER FOR HEALTH STUDIES   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACCIDENT PREVENTION; ARTICLE; BICYCLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FACE FRACTURE; FACE INJURY; HEAD INJURY; HELMET; HUMAN; LACERATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0030454239     PISSN: 00987484     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/jama.276.24.1974     Document Type: Article

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