Viet Nam's mandatory motorcycle helmet law and its impact on children

Bulletin of the World Health Organization

Volumn 87, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 369-373

  Pervin, Aaron ^a   Passmore, Jonathon ^b   Sidik, Mirjam ^a   McKinley, Tyler ^a   Tu, Nguyen Thi Hong ^c   Nguyen, Phuong Namb ^b  

^a Asia Injury Prevention Foundation   (Viet Nam)

^b WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION   (Switzerland)

^c MINISTRY OF HEALTH   (Viet Nam)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AUTOMOBILE; CHILD WELFARE; INJURY; LEGISLATION; MEASUREMENT METHOD; POLICY ANALYSIS; SURVEY; TRANSPORTATION POLICY; TRANSPORTATION SAFETY;

ARTICLE; CHI SQUARE TEST; CHILD SAFETY; HEALTH SURVEY; HELMET; HUMAN; LAW; MANDATORY PROGRAM; MOTORCYCLE; NECK INJURY; QUESTIONNAIRE; VIET NAM;

ACCIDENTS, TRAFFIC; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CHILD; CHILD WELFARE; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; HEAD PROTECTIVE DEVICES; HUMANS; INFANT; MOTORCYCLES; VIETNAM; WOUNDS AND INJURIES;

ASIA; CAN THO; DA NANG; EURASIA; HANOI; HO CHI MINH CITY; SOUTHEAST ASIA; VIET NAM;

EID: 66149086100     PISSN: 00429686     EISSN: 15640604     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2471/BLT.08.057109     Document Type: Article

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