Bicycle helmet legislation for the uptake of helmet use and prevention of head injuries

Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews

Volumn , Issue 3, 2008, Pages

  Macpherson, Alison ^b   Spinks, Anneliese ^a  

^a GRIFFITH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b YORK UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Adolescent; Adult; Bicycling *injuries; *legislation jurisprudence ; Canada epidemiology ; Craniocerebral trauma epidemiology; *prevention control ; Head protective devices *utilization ; United states epidemiology

Indexed keywords

ACCIDENT PREVENTION; BICYCLE; CHILD ADVOCACY; CLINICAL TRIAL; HEAD INJURY; HELMET; HUMAN; LAW; LAW ENFORCEMENT; REVIEW; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; TRAFFIC ACCIDENT; TRAFFIC SAFETY; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ADVERSE EFFECTS; CANADA; CHILD; CRANIOCEREBRAL TRAUMA; CYCLING; INJURIES; LEGISLATION AND JURISPRUDENCE; UNITED STATES; UTILIZATION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BICYCLING; CANADA; CHILD; CRANIOCEREBRAL TRAUMA; HEAD PROTECTIVE DEVICES; HUMANS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 55049089671     PISSN: 1469493X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/14651858.CD005401.pub3     Document Type: Review

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