Police enforcement as part of a comprehensive bicycle helmet program

Pediatrics

Volumn 106, Issue 1 I, 2000, Pages 6-9

  Gilchrist, Julie ^a,b   Schieber, Richard A ^b   Leadbetter, Steven ^b   Davidson, Stephen C ^c  

^a CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (United States)

^b NATIONAL CENTER FOR INJURY PREVENTION AND CONTROL   (United States)

^c Public Health Division   (United States)

Author keywords

Bicyling; Child; Head injury; Head protective devices; Legislation

Indexed keywords

ACCIDENT PREVENTION; ACCIDENTAL DEATH; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BICYCLE; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HEAD INJURY; HEALTH EDUCATION; HELMET; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; LAW ENFORCEMENT; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; POLICE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RACE DIFFERENCE; SEX DIFFERENCE; TRAFFIC ACCIDENT; TRAFFIC SAFETY; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0033931315     PISSN: 00314005     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1542/peds.106.1.6     Document Type: Article

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