Repeal of the Pennsylvania motorcycle helmet law: Reflections on the ethical and political dynamics of public health reform

BMC Public Health

Volumn 10, Issue , 2010, Pages

  Cherry, Robert A ^a  

^a PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HELMET; HUMAN; LEGAL ASPECT; LICENSING; MOTORCYCLE; PUBLIC HEALTH; UNITED STATES; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

ADULT; HEAD PROTECTIVE DEVICES; HEALTH CARE REFORM; HUMANS; LICENSURE; MOTORCYCLES; PENNSYLVANIA; PUBLIC HEALTH; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77951046613     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712458     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2458-10-202     Document Type: Review

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