Trends in bicycling-related head injuries in children after implementation of a community-based bike helmet campaign

Journal of Pediatric Surgery

Volumn 35, Issue 5, 2000, Pages 688-689

  Wesson, David ^a,b   Spence, Laura ^a   Hu, Xiaohan ^a   Parkin, Patricia ^a  

^a BAYLOR COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b TEXAS CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Bicycle helmets; Head injuries

Indexed keywords

ACCIDENT PREVENTION; ARTICLE; BICYCLE; CANADA; CHILD; HEAD INJURY; HEALTH PROMOTION; HELMET; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0034061632     PISSN: 00223468     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1053/jpsu.2000.5944     Document Type: Article

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