Motorcycle helmet effect on a per-crash basis in Thailand and the United States

Traffic Injury Prevention

Volumn 7, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 49-54

  Ouellet, James V ^a   Kasantikul, Vira ^b  

^a Head Protection Research Laboratory   (United States)

^b SILPAKORN UNIVERSITY   (Thailand)

Author keywords

Brain Injury; Crash; Fatality; Helmet; Motorcycle; Transportation

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BRAIN INJURY; CAR DRIVER; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRASH HELMET; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PROTECTIVE EQUIPMENT; SURVIVAL RATE; THAILAND; TRAFFIC ACCIDENT; UNITED STATES; VELOCITY;

ACCIDENTS, TRAFFIC; BRAIN INJURIES; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; DATA COLLECTION; HEAD PROTECTIVE DEVICES; HUMANS; MOTORCYCLES; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; THAILAND; UNITED STATES;

EID: 32844468220     PISSN: 10286586     EISSN: 1538957X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/15389580500338652     Document Type: Article

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