Helmet use and bicycle-related trauma in patients presenting to an acute hospital in Singapore

Singapore Medical Journal

Volumn 47, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 367-372

  Heng, Kenneth W J ^a   Lee, A H P ^b   Zhu, S ^c   Tham, K Y ^a   Seow, E ^a  

^a TAN TOCK SENG HOSPITAL   (Singapore)

^b NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

^c MEDICAL COLLEGE OF WISCONSIN   (United States)

Author keywords

Bicycling; Head injury; Helmets; Multiple injuries

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; BICYCLE; BODY REGIONS; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; EMERGENCY WARD; FACE INJURY; FEMALE; HEAD INJURY; HEALTH SURVEY; HELMET; HUMAN; INJURY SCALE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; QUESTIONNAIRE; SINGAPORE; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; TRAFFIC ACCIDENT;

ACCIDENTS, TRAFFIC; ACUTE DISEASE; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ALCOHOL DRINKING; BICYCLING; CHILD; CRANIOCEREBRAL TRAUMA; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; FACIAL INJURIES; FEMALE; HEAD PROTECTIVE DEVICES; HUMANS; INJURY SEVERITY SCORE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; QUESTIONNAIRES; SINGAPORE;

EID: 33646488932     PISSN: 00375675     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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