Helmet use by motorcyclists injured in traffic accidents in Londrina, southern Brazil;Uso de capacete por vítimas de acidentes de motocicleta em Londrina, sul do Brasil

Revista Panamericana de Salud Publica/Pan American Journal of Public Health

Volumn 13, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 33-38

  Lopes Barrancos Liberatti, Christiane ^a   De Andrade, Selma Maffei ^b,c   Soares, Darli Antonio ^b   Matsuo, Tiemi ^b  

^a Servico Munic de Saude de Londrina   (Brazil)

^b STATE UNIVERSITY OF LONDRINA   (Brazil)

^c Departamento de Matematica Aplicada ^*  (Brazil)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACCIDENT; RISK FACTOR; SAFETY;

ACCIDENT PREVENTION; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ALCOHOL BLOOD LEVEL; ARTICLE; BRAZIL; CHILD; DRIVING ABILITY; FEMALE; HELMET; HUMAN; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PROTECTIVE EQUIPMENT; SCHOOL CHILD; TRAFFIC ACCIDENT; TRAFFIC SAFETY;

ACCIDENTS, TRAFFIC; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; ALCOHOL DRINKING; BRAZIL; FEMALE; HEAD PROTECTIVE DEVICES; HUMANS; MALE; MOTORCYCLES; ODDS RATIO; SEASONS; TIME FACTORS; WOUNDS AND INJURIES;

BRAZIL;

EID: 0037288019     PISSN: 10204989     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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