Commentary: Advocating for Safety-The Motorcycle Helmet Debate

Annals of Emergency Medicine

Volumn 53, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 501-504

  Thoma, Todd ^a  

^a LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY HEALTH SCIENCES CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; EMERGENCY PHYSICIAN; HEALTH CARE MANAGEMENT; HELMET; HUMAN; LAW ENFORCEMENT; MORTALITY; MOTORCYCLE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TRAFFIC ACCIDENT;

EID: 62349098352     PISSN: 01960644     EISSN: 10976760     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.annemergmed.2009.01.029     Document Type: Note

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