Helmet laws and motorcycle rider death rates

Accident Analysis and Prevention

Volumn 33, Issue 5, 2001, Pages 641-648

  Branas, Charles C ^a   Knudson, M Margaret ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Health policy; Injury; Motor vehicles; Motorcycle helmets

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARTICLE; HELMET; HUMAN; LEGAL ASPECT; MORTALITY; MOTORCYCLE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; STATISTICS; TRAFFIC ACCIDENT; UNITED STATES;

ACCIDENTS, TRAFFIC; ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; HEAD PROTECTIVE DEVICES; HUMANS; MOTORCYCLES; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0035437883     PISSN: 00014575     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0001-4575(00)00078-6     Document Type: Article

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