Factors affecting severity of bicycle-related injuries: The role of helmets in preventing head injuries

EMA - Emergency Medicine Australasia

Volumn 19, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 366-371

  Abu Zidan, Fikri M ^a,b   Nagelkerke, Nico ^b   Rao, Sudhakar ^a  

^a ROYAL PERTH HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^b UNITED ARAB EMIRATES UNIVERSITY   (United Arab Emirates)

Author keywords

Bicycle injury; Helmet; Prevention; Trauma

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARTICLE; BICYCLE; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HEAD INJURY; HELMET; HUMAN; INJURY SCALE; INJURY SEVERITY; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTECTIVE CLOTHING; SEX DIFFERENCE; STATISTICAL MODEL;

ACCIDENTS, TRAFFIC; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; BICYCLING; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CRANIOCEREBRAL TRAUMA; FEMALE; HEAD PROTECTIVE DEVICES; HUMANS; INJURY SEVERITY SCORE; LIKELIHOOD FUNCTIONS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; WESTERN AUSTRALIA;

EID: 34547105079     PISSN: 17426731     EISSN: 17426723     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1742-6723.2007.00967.x     Document Type: Article

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