The effects of provincial bicycle helmet legislation on helmet use and bicycle ridership in canada

Injury Prevention

Volumn 16, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 219-224

  Dennis, Jessica ^a   Potter, Beth ^a   Ramsay, Tim ^a,b   Zarychanski, Ryan ^c,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA   (Canada)

^b OTTAWA HOSPITAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MANITOBA   (Canada)

^d CancerCare Manitoba ^*  (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARTICLE; BICYCLE; CANADA; CHILD; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; FEMALE; HEAD INJURY; HELMET; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INJURY; LEGAL ASPECT; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; BICYCLING; CANADA; CHILD; CRANIOCEREBRAL TRAUMA; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HEAD PROTECTIVE DEVICES; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77957691186     PISSN: 13538047     EISSN: 14755785     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/ip.2009.025353     Document Type: Article

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