Risk compensation theory and voluntary helmet use by cyclists in Spain

Injury Prevention

Volumn 9, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 128-132

  Lardelli Claret, Pablo ^a   De Dios Luna del Castillo, J ^a   Jimenez Moleon J J ^a   Garcia Martin M ^a   Bueno Cavanillas, A ^a   Galvez Vargas R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GRANADA   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BICYCLE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; FEMALE; HELMET; HIGH RISK BEHAVIOR; HUMAN; INJURY; MALE; REPRODUCIBILITY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK; RISK FACTOR; SPAIN; STATISTICS; TRAFFIC ACCIDENT; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

ACCIDENTS, TRAFFIC; BICYCLING; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HEAD PROTECTIVE DEVICES; HUMANS; MALE; ODDS RATIO; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; RISK-TAKING; SPAIN;

EID: 0141671916     PISSN: 13538047     EISSN: 14755785     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/ip.9.2.128     Document Type: Article

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