Trends in Arkansas motorcycle trauma after helmet law repeal

Southern Medical Journal

Volumn 98, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 436-440

  Bledsoe, Gregory H ^a,b   Li, Guohua ^a  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

Alcohol; Arkansas; Helmet; Law; Motorcycle

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ARTICLE; FATALITY; HELMET; HUMAN; LAW; MOTORCYCLE; REGISTRATION; RISK FACTOR; TRAFFIC ACCIDENT; UNITED STATES;

ACCIDENTS, TRAFFIC; ALCOHOLIC INTOXICATION; ARKANSAS; HEAD PROTECTIVE DEVICES; HUMANS; MOTORCYCLES;

EID: 17244383457     PISSN: 00384348     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.SMJ.0000154309.83339.C0     Document Type: Article

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