Bicycle helmets: Their role in injury prevention

Current Paediatrics

Volumn 9, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 173-176

  Mann, N P ^a   Lee, A J ^b  

^a ROYAL BERKSHIRE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b Bicycle Helmet Initiative Trust   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; CHILD; CHILDHOOD INJURY; CYCLING; HEAD INJURY; HEALTH EDUCATION; HELMET; HUMAN; PREVENTIVE HEALTH SERVICE; PROTECTIVE EQUIPMENT; RISK FACTOR; SCHOOL; SHORT SURVEY;

EID: 0032860070     PISSN: 09575839     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0957-5839(99)90092-1     Document Type: Note

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