Estimates of injury impairment after acute traumatic injury in motorcycle crashes before and after passage of a Mandatory Helmet Use Law

Annals of Emergency Medicine

Volumn 29, Issue 5, 1997, Pages 630-636

  Peek Asa, C ^a   Kraus, J F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ARTICLE; EPIDEMIOLOGY; HEAD INJURY; HELMET; HUMAN; LAW; LEG INJURY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MOTORCYCLE; PREVENTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TRAFFIC ACCIDENT;

EID: 0030895922     PISSN: 01960644     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0196-0644(97)70252-X     Document Type: Article

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