Urban and rural patterns of bicycle helmet use: Factors predicting usage

Injury Prevention

Volumn 5, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 183-188

  Harlos, Sande ^a   Warda, Lynne ^b   Buchan, Norma ^c   Klassen, Terry P ^d   Koop, Virginia L ^c   Moffatt, Michael E K ^b  

^a CITY OF WINNIPEG   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MANITOBA   (Canada)

^c IM PACT   (Canada)

^d UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Bicycle helmet use; Rural; Socioeconomic status; Urban

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BICYCLE; CANADA; CHILD; FEMALE; HEAD INJURY; HEALTH PROMOTION; HELMET; HUMAN; INJURY; MALE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; RISK FACTOR; RURAL POPULATION; SPORT INJURY; STATISTICS; URBAN POPULATION; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ATHLETIC INJURIES; BICYCLING; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CRANIOCEREBRAL TRAUMA; FEMALE; HEAD PROTECTIVE DEVICES; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMANS; MALE; MANITOBA; RISK FACTORS; RURAL POPULATION; URBAN POPULATION;

EID: 0033191431     PISSN: 13538047     EISSN: 14755785     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/ip.5.3.183     Document Type: Article

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