Investigating population level trends in head injuries amongst child cyclists in the UK

Accident Analysis and Prevention

Volumn 37, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 807-815

  Hewson, Paul J ^a,b  

^a DEVON COUNTY COUNCIL   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PLYMOUTH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Cycle helmets; Generalised additive models; Generalised linear models; Head injury

Indexed keywords

DATA ACQUISITION; FOOTBRIDGES; GROUND VEHICLES; HEALTH CARE; HEALTH RISKS; LAWS AND LEGISLATION; MOTOR TRANSPORTATION;

CYCLE HELMETS; GENERALIZED ADDITIVE MODELS; GENERALIZED LINEAR MODELS; HEAD INJURY;

ACCIDENT PREVENTION;

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; BICYCLE; CHILD; FEMALE; HEAD INJURY; HELMET; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INFANT; INJURY; MALE; MORTALITY; NEWBORN; PRESCHOOL CHILD; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SEX RATIO; STATISTICAL MODEL; STATISTICS; TRAFFIC ACCIDENT; UNITED KINGDOM; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

ACCIDENTS, TRAFFIC; ADOLESCENT; BICYCLING; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CRANIOCEREBRAL TRAUMA; FEMALE; GREAT BRITAIN; HEAD PROTECTIVE DEVICES; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; MODELS, STATISTICAL; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SEX DISTRIBUTION;

EID: 23844507540     PISSN: 00014575     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.aap.2005.03.020     Document Type: Article

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