Effect of the mandatory helmet law in Taiwan

Injury Prevention

Volumn 5, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 290-291

  Tsai, Ming Che ^a   Hemenway, David ^b  

^a NATIONAL CHENG KUNG UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^b HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

Head injury; Helmet law; Motorcycle

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; HEAD INJURY; HELMET; HUMAN; INJURY; LEGAL ASPECT; MORTALITY; MOTORCYCLE; TAIWAN; TRAFFIC ACCIDENT; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

ACCIDENTS, TRAFFIC; CRANIOCEREBRAL TRAUMA; HEAD PROTECTIVE DEVICES; HUMANS; MOTORCYCLES; TAIWAN; WOUNDS AND INJURIES;

EID: 0033253282     PISSN: 13538047     EISSN: 14755785     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/ip.5.4.290     Document Type: Article

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