Trends in pediatric and adult bicycling deaths before and after passage of a bicycle helmet law

Pediatrics

Volumn 122, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 605-610

  Wesson, David E ^a   Stephens, Derek ^b   Lam, Kelvin ^c   Parsons, Daria ^d   Spence, Laura ^e   Parkin, Patricia C ^b,f,g  

^a TEXAS CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b HOSPITAL FOR SICK CHILDREN RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Canada)

^c INSTITUTE FOR CLINICAL EVALUATIVE SCIENCES   (Canada)

^d Daria Parsons Consulting   (Canada)

^e Okanagan Health Surgical Centre   (Canada)

^f Division of Pediatric Medicine   (Canada)

^g HOSPITAL FOR SICK CHILDREN   (Canada)

Author keywords

Bicycle helmet; Death; Legislation

Indexed keywords

ACCIDENT PREVENTION; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BICYCLE; CANADA; CHILD; CHILDHOOD INJURY; CHILDHOOD MORTALITY; DEATH; FEMALE; HEAD INJURY; HELMET; HUMAN; LAW ENFORCEMENT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTECTIVE EQUIPMENT; TRAFFIC ACCIDENT; TRAFFIC SAFETY; CAUSE OF DEATH; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; INFANT; INJURY; LEGAL ASPECT; MORTALITY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SURVIVAL RATE;

ADOLESCENT; BICYCLING; CAUSE OF DEATH; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CONFIDENCE INTERVALS; HEAD PROTECTIVE DEVICES; HUMANS; INFANT; ONTARIO; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SURVIVAL RATE; WOUNDS AND INJURIES;

EID: 51649091487     PISSN: 00314005     EISSN: 10984275     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1542/peds.2007-1776     Document Type: Article

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