Helmets for snow sports: Prevalence, trends, predictors and attitudes to use

Journal of Trauma - Injury, Infection and Critical Care

Volumn 69, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 1486-1490

  Cundy, Thomas P ^a   Systermans, Brenton J ^a   Cundy, William J ^b   Cundy, Peter J ^a,c   Briggs, Nancy E ^a   Robinson, Jeffrey B ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ADELAIDE   (Australia)

^b BOND UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^c WOMEN S AND CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^d University of Adelaide ^*  (Australia)

Author keywords

Head injury; Helmets; Skiing; Snow sports; Snowboarding

Indexed keywords

ACCIDENT PREVENTION; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CHILD; FEMALE; HELMET; HUMAN; MALE; MEDICAL CARE; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SCHOOL CHILD; WINTER SPORT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; AUSTRALIA; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; CHILD; CRANIOCEREBRAL TRAUMA; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HEAD PROTECTIVE DEVICES; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; PREVALENCE; QUESTIONNAIRES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SKIING;

EID: 78650849401     PISSN: 00225282     EISSN: 15298809     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/TA.0b013e3181fee31c     Document Type: Article

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