Cycle helmet ownership and wearing; results of a survey in South Staffordshire

Journal of Public Health (United Kingdom)

Volumn 20, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 70-77

  Wardle, Sue ^a   Iqbal, Zafar ^a  

^a South Staffordshire Health Authority Mellor House   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

cycle helmets; injury prevention

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CYCLING; FEMALE; HEAD INJURY; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH PROMOTION; HELMET; HIGH SCHOOL; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIMARY SCHOOL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; RISK ASSESSMENT; SCHOOL CHILD; SELF CONCEPT; UNITED KINGDOM;

BICYCLING; CHILD; CRANIOCEREBRAL TRAUMA; ENGLAND; FEMALE; FOCUS GROUPS; HEAD PROTECTIVE DEVICES; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; MALE; OWNERSHIP; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; QUESTIONNAIRES; SCHOOLS; SEX DISTRIBUTION; WOUNDS AND INJURIES;

EID: 0031958708     PISSN: 17413842     EISSN: 17413850     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/oxfordjournals.pubmed.a024722     Document Type: Article

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