An assessment of the effect of helmet use among cyclists and the risk of head injury and death in Spain, 1990 to 1999;Volaración del efecto del uso de casco en los ciclistas sobre el riesgo de sufrir lesiones craneales y de morir en España entre 1990 y 1999

Medicina Clinica

Volumn 120, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 85-88

  Lardelli Claret, Pablo ^a   de Dios Luna del Castillo, Juan ^b   Jiménez Moleón, José Juan ^a   García Martín, Miguel ^a   Bueno Cavanillas, Aurora ^a   Gálvez Vargas, Ramón ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GRANADA   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GRANADA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Accidents; Cranocerebral trauma; Cycling; Head protective devices; Odds ratio; Traffic

Indexed keywords

AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARTICLE; CAUSE OF DEATH; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYCLING; DATA BASE; DISEASE SEVERITY; FREQUENCY ANALYSIS; HEAD INJURY; HELMET; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; REGISTRATION; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEX DIFFERENCE; SPAIN; TRAFFIC ACCIDENT; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; BICYCLE; CHILD; COMPARATIVE STUDY; INJURY; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; REGISTER; RISK; RISK FACTOR; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

ACCIDENTS, TRAFFIC; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; BICYCLING; CHILD; CRANIOCEREBRAL TRAUMA; HEAD PROTECTIVE DEVICES; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; ODDS RATIO; REGISTRIES; RISK FACTORS; SPAIN;

EID: 0037310423     PISSN: 00257753     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1157/13042643     Document Type: Article

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