Bicycle helmet use after the introduction of all ages helmet legislation in an Urban Community in Alberta, Canada

Canadian Journal of Public Health

Volumn 102, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 134-138

  Karkhaneh, Mohammad ^a   Rowe, Brian H ^a   Duncan Saunders, L ^a   Voaklander, Don ^a   Hagel, Brent ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Bicycling; Head protective device; Legislation; Prevalence

Indexed keywords

EID: 79955603447     PISSN: 00084263     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/bf03404162     Document Type: Article

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