Increased risk of death or disability in unhelmeted Wisconsin motorcyclists

Wisconsin Medical Journal

Volumn 104, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 39-44

  Sauter, Carley ^a   Zhu, Shankuan ^a   Allen, Shane ^a   Hargarten, Stephen ^a   Layde, Peter M ^a  

^a MEDICAL COLLEGE OF WISCONSIN   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL;

ADULT; ARTICLE; DEATH; DISABILITY; FACE INJURY; FEMALE; HEAD INJURY; HELMET; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MOTORCYCLE; NECK INJURY; POLICY; RATING SCALE; RISK; SPINE INJURY; TRAFFIC ACCIDENT; UNITED STATES; DISABLED PERSON; DRINKING BEHAVIOR; MORTALITY; RISK FACTOR; STATISTICAL MODEL; STATISTICS; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

ACCIDENTS, TRAFFIC; ADULT; ALCOHOL DRINKING; CRANIOCEREBRAL TRAUMA; DISABLED PERSONS; FEMALE; HEAD PROTECTIVE DEVICES; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MOTORCYCLES; RISK FACTORS; WISCONSIN;

EID: 19144366367     PISSN: 10981861     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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