Does sharing the cost of a bicycle helmet help promote helmet use?

Injury Prevention

Volumn 3, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 38-42

  Kim, Allegra N ^a   Rivara, Frederick P ^a   Koepsell, Thomas D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

Bicycle helmets; Copayment; Intervention

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; BICYCLE; CHILD; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; COST; ECONOMICS; FEMALE; FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT; HELMET; HUMAN; INJURY; MALE; QUESTIONNAIRE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RISK;

BICYCLING; CHILD; COST SHARING; FEMALE; FINANCING, PERSONAL; HEAD PROTECTIVE DEVICES; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; MALE; ODDS RATIO; QUESTIONNAIRES; WOUNDS AND INJURIES;

EID: 0031090514     PISSN: 13538047     EISSN: 14755785     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/ip.3.1.38     Document Type: Article

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