Barriers to bicycle helmet use among Dutch paediatricians

Child: Care, Health and Development

Volumn 34, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 743-747

  Villamor, Eduardo ^a   Hammer, S ^a   Martinez olaizola, A ^a  

^a MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Bicycle helmets; Paediatricians; Physician attitudes

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BICYCLE; CHILD HEALTH CARE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMOTIONALITY; FEMALE; HEAD INJURY; HEALTH SURVEY; HELMET; HUMAN; LAW; MALE; NETHERLANDS; PEDIATRICIAN; PERSONAL EXPERIENCE; PHYSICIAN ATTITUDE; PREVENTIVE HEALTH SERVICE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECREATION; RISK REDUCTION; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; BICYCLING; CHILD; CRANIOCEREBRAL TRAUMA; FEMALE; HEAD PROTECTIVE DEVICES; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NETHERLANDS; PEDIATRICS; QUESTIONNAIRES; SAFETY; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 54949099194     PISSN: 03051862     EISSN: 13652214     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2214.2008.00882.x     Document Type: Article

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