Effect of a bicycle safety program and free bicycle helmet distribution on the use of bicycle helmets by elementary school children

Journal of Emergency Nursing

Volumn 23, Issue 5, 1997, Pages 417-419

  Watts, Dorraine ^a,b   O'Shea, Nancy ^c   Ile, Ann ^d,e   Flynn, Elizabeth ^e   Trask, Arthur ^a,f   Kelleher, Dennis ^a  

^a INOVA FAIRFAX HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b GEORGE WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE AND HEALTH SCIENCES   (United States)

^c INOVA FAIRFAX HOSPITAL   (United States)

^d WASHINGTON HOSPITAL CENTER   (United States)

^e GEORGE MASON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^f GEORGETOWN UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BICYCLE; CHILD; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH EDUCATION; HELMET; HUMAN; INJURY; MALE; METHODOLOGY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; QUESTIONNAIRE; SAFETY; SCHOOL HEALTH SERVICE;

BICYCLING; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HEAD PROTECTIVE DEVICES; HEALTH EDUCATION; HUMANS; MALE; PROGRAM EVALUATION; QUESTIONNAIRES; SAFETY; SCHOOL HEALTH SERVICES; WOUNDS AND INJURIES;

EID: 0031254594     PISSN: 00991767     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0099-1767(97)90134-3     Document Type: Article

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