Bicycle helmets - Does the dental profession have a role in promoting their use?

British Dental Journal

Volumn 196, Issue 9, 2004, Pages 555-560

  Chapman, H R ^a,c   Curran, A L M ^b  

^a Paediatric Dentistry   (United Kingdom)

^b ALDER HEY CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^c NONE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AUTOMATION; BICYCLE; DENTISTRY; EDUCATION; FACE INJURY; HEAD INJURY; HELMET; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MEDICAL PRACTICE; MEDLINE; REVIEW; STANDARDIZATION; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CHILD; DENTIST; ECONOMICS; FEMALE; HEALTH PROMOTION; HIGH RISK BEHAVIOR; INJURY; MALE; MANPOWER; MAXILLOFACIAL INJURY; MIDDLE AGED; NECK INJURY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; STATISTICS; TRAFFIC ACCIDENT; UNITED KINGDOM; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

ACCIDENTS, TRAFFIC; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BICYCLING; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CRANIOCEREBRAL TRAUMA; DENTISTS; FEMALE; GREAT BRITAIN; HEAD PROTECTIVE DEVICES; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMANS; MALE; MAXILLOFACIAL INJURIES; MIDDLE AGED; NECK INJURIES; RISK-TAKING;

EID: 2642559573     PISSN: 00070610     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/sj.bdj.4811227     Document Type: Review

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