Are youth-only motorcycle helmet laws better than none at all?

American Journal of Forensic Medicine and Pathology

Volumn 31, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 125-129

  Brooks, Erin ^a   Naud, Shelly ^b   Shapiro, Steven ^c  

^a FLETCHER ALLEN HEALTH CARE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VERMONT   (United States)

^c Office of the Chief Medical Examiner   (United States)

Author keywords

Helmet law; Motorcycle; Motorcycle fatality; Partial helmet law

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; FEMALE; FORENSIC MEDICINE; GOVERNMENT; HELMET; HUMAN; LEGAL ASPECT; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MORTALITY; MOTORCYCLE; TRAFFIC ACCIDENT; UNITED STATES;

ACCIDENTS, TRAFFIC; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; FEMALE; FORENSIC MEDICINE; HEAD PROTECTIVE DEVICES; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOTORCYCLES; STATE GOVERNMENT; UNITED STATES;

EID: 77953164554     PISSN: 01957910     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/PAF.0b013e3181c6beab     Document Type: Article

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