Effect of the helmet act for motorcyclists in Thailand

Accident Analysis and Prevention

Volumn 35, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 183-189

  Ichikawa, Masao ^a   Chadbunchachai, Witaya ^b   Marui, Eiji ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^b KHON KAEN HOSPITAL   (Thailand)

^c JUNTENDO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Epidemiology; Evaluation; Helmet; Motorcycle crash; Thailand

Indexed keywords

ACCIDENT PREVENTION; EPIDEMIOLOGY; EVALUATION; HOSPITALS;

HELMET ACTS;

MOTORCYCLES;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ARTICLE; CHILD; FEMALE; HELMET; HUMAN; INFANT; INJURY; LEGAL ASPECT; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MORTALITY; MOTORCYCLE; NEWBORN; OCCUPATION; POLICY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; RISK; SEX RATIO; STATISTICS; THAILAND; TIME; TRAFFIC ACCIDENT;

ACCIDENTS, TRAFFIC; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HEAD PROTECTIVE DEVICES; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOTORCYCLES; OCCUPATIONS; PUBLIC POLICY; RISK; SEX DISTRIBUTION; THAILAND; TIME FACTORS; WOUNDS AND INJURIES;

EID: 0037333495     PISSN: 00014575     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0001-4575(01)00102-6     Document Type: Article

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