Impact of mandatory motorcycle helmet wearing legislation on head injuries in Viet Nam: Results of a preliminary analysis

Traffic Injury Prevention

Volumn 11, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 202-206

  Passmore, Jonathon ^a   Tu, Nguyen Thi Hong ^b   Luong, Mai Anh ^b   Chinh, Nguyen Duc ^c   Nam, Nguyen Phuong ^a  

^a WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION   (Switzerland)

^b MINISTRY OF HEALTH   (Viet Nam)

^c Viet Duc Hospital   (Viet Nam)

Author keywords

Head injury; Legislation; Motorcycle helmet; Road safety; Viet Nam

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CAR DRIVING; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; EVALUATION; HEAD INJURY; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HELMET; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; LEGAL ASPECT; MANDATORY PROGRAM; MORTALITY; MOTORCYCLE; PREVALENCE; RISK ASSESSMENT; STATISTICS; TRAFFIC ACCIDENT; UTILIZATION REVIEW; VIET NAM;

ACCIDENTS, TRAFFIC; AUTOMOBILE DRIVING; CONFIDENCE INTERVALS; CRANIOCEREBRAL TRAUMA; HEAD PROTECTIVE DEVICES; HUMANS; MANDATORY PROGRAMS; MOTORCYCLES; PATIENT ADMISSION; PREVALENCE; PROGRAM EVALUATION; RISK ASSESSMENT; VIETNAM;

EID: 77951147880     PISSN: 15389588     EISSN: 1538957X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/15389580903497121     Document Type: Article

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