The effect of the 1997 Texas motorcycle helmet law on motorcycle crash fatalities

Southern Medical Journal

Volumn 103, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 11-17

  Bavon, Al ^a   Standerfer, Christina ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ARKANSAS AT LITTLE ROCK   (United States)

Author keywords

Fatalities; Helmet law; Motorcycles; Texas; Time series analysis

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; FATALITY; HEAD INJURY; HELMET; HUMAN; LAW; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; TRAFFIC ACCIDENT; UNITED STATES;

ACCIDENTS, TRAFFIC; HEAD PROTECTIVE DEVICES; HUMANS; MOTORCYCLES; TEXAS;

EID: 75149142258     PISSN: 00384348     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/SMJ.0b013e3181c35653     Document Type: Article

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