The negative impact of the repeal of the Arkansas motorcycle helmet law

Journal of Trauma - Injury, Infection and Critical Care

Volumn 53, Issue 6, 2002, Pages 1078-1087

  Bledsoe, Gregory H ^b   Schexnayder, Stephen M ^a   Carey, Martin J ^b   Dobbins, William N ^b   Gibson, William D ^b   Hindman, Jason W ^c   Collins, Terry ^c   Wallace, Bonny H ^c   Cone, John B ^c   Ferrer, Thomas J ^c   Esposito, Thomas J ^d   Franklin, Glen ^d  

^a ARKANSAS CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ARKANSAS FOR MEDICAL SCIENCES   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ARKANSAS FOR MEDICAL SCIENCES   (United States)

^d NONE

Author keywords

Abbreviated Injury Scale score; Mandatory helmet law; Morbidity; Motorcycle; Nonhelmeted

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DATA BASE; DISEASE SEVERITY; EMERGENCY WARD; HEAD AND NECK INJURY; HELMET; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; INJURY SCALE; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; LAW ENFORCEMENT; LENGTH OF STAY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; TRAFFIC ACCIDENT; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0036900630     PISSN: 00225282     EISSN: 15298809     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00005373-200212000-00009     Document Type: Article

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