"Born to be wild": The effect of the repeal of Florida's mandatory motorcycle helmet-use law on serious injury and fatality rates

Evaluation Review

Volumn 27, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 131-150

  Stolzenberg, Lisa ^a   D'Alessio, Stewart J ^a  

^a FLORIDA INTERNATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Mandatory motorcycle helmet use law; Motorcycle crashes; Motorcycle fatalities; Motorcycle injuries

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BRAIN INJURY; HELMET; HUMAN; INJURY SCALE; LEGAL ASPECT; MOTORCYCLE; STATISTICS; TRAFFIC ACCIDENT; UNITED STATES;

ACCIDENTS, TRAFFIC; ADULT; BRAIN INJURIES; FLORIDA; HEAD PROTECTIVE DEVICES; HUMANS; INJURY SEVERITY SCORE; MOTORCYCLES;

EID: 0038190797     PISSN: 0193841X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0193841X02250524     Document Type: Review

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