The impact of a repealed motorcycle helmet law in miami-dade county

Journal of Trauma

Volumn 52, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 469-474

  Hotz, Gillian A ^a   Cohn, Stephen M ^b   Popkin, Charlie ^b   Ekeh, Peter ^b   Duncan, Robert ^c   Johnson, E William ^b   Pernas, Frank ^b   Selem, Joseph ^b  

^a Department of Neurological Surgery ^*  (United States)

^b Department of Surgery   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI MILLER SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Brain injury; Helmet; Motorcycle; Outcome

Indexed keywords

ACCIDENT PREVENTION; ADULT; BRAIN INJURY; CONFERENCE PAPER; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; HELMET; HUMAN; INJURY; LAW; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MOTORCYCLE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCORING SYSTEM; TRAFFIC ACCIDENT; UNITED STATES;

ACCIDENTS, TRAFFIC; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; BRAIN INJURIES; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; FLORIDA; HEAD PROTECTIVE DEVICES; HUMANS; INJURY SEVERITY SCORE; MOTORCYCLES; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 0036123062     PISSN: 00225282     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00005373-200203000-00009     Document Type: Article

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