Helmet use and risk of head injuries in alpine skiers and snowboarders

JAMA

Volumn 295, Issue 8, 2006, Pages 919-924

  Sulheim, Steinar ^a   Holme, Ingar ^a   Ekeland, Arne ^b   Bahr, Roald ^a  

^a NORWEGIAN SCHOOL OF SPORT SCIENCES   (Norway)

^b MARTINA HANSENS HOSPITAL   (Norway)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CHILD; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMERGENCY PHYSICIAN; EQUIPMENT; FEMALE; HEAD INJURY; HELMET; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTIVARIATE LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; RISK REDUCTION; SKIING; SKILL; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; WINTER;

EID: 33644529147     PISSN: 00987484     EISSN: 15383598     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/jama.295.8.919     Document Type: Article

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