Population preventable fraction of bicycle related head injuries

Injury Prevention

Volumn 6, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 235-238

  Kopjar, Branko ^a,b  

^a NORWEGIAN INSTITUTE OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (Norway)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

Bicycle helmet; Bicycle injury; Head injury; Population attributable risk

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; BICYCLE; CHILD; CHILD WELFARE; HEALTH SURVEY; HELMET; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INFANT; INJURY; NORWAY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; REGISTER; RISK; RISK FACTOR; SPORT INJURY; STATISTICAL MODEL; STATISTICS; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

ADOLESCENT; ATHLETIC INJURIES; BICYCLING; CHILD; CHILD WELFARE; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; HEAD PROTECTIVE DEVICES; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; INFANT; MODELS, STATISTICAL; NORWAY; ODDS RATIO; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; REGISTRIES; RISK; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 0034267092     PISSN: 13538047     EISSN: 14755785     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/ip.6.3.235     Document Type: Article

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