The impact of compulsory cycle helmet legislation on cyclist head injuries in New South Wales, Australia

Accident Analysis and Prevention

Volumn 43, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 2064-2071

  Walter, Scott R ^a   Olivier, Jake ^a,b   Churches, Tim ^c   Grzebieta, Raphael ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

^c SAX INSTITUTE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Bicycle helmet legislation; Bicycle helmets; Injury; Road safety

Indexed keywords

AUSTRALIA; BICYCLE HELMET; BICYCLE HELMET LEGISLATION; CYCLE HELMETS; DATA LIMITATIONS; EXPOSURE DATA; HEAD INJURIES; HOSPITAL ADMISSIONS; INJURY; INJURY RATE; INTERACTION TERM; LIMB INJURY; NEGATIVE BINOMIAL REGRESSION; NEW SOUTH WALES , AUSTRALIA; POPULATION LEVELS; POSITIVE EFFECTS; ROAD SAFETY; TIME-PERIODS; TRANSPORT SAFETY;

HOSPITALS; POPULATION STATISTICS; SAFETY DEVICES;

ACCIDENT PREVENTION;

ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; BICYCLE; BINOMIAL DISTRIBUTION; HEAD INJURY; HELMET; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INJURY; LEG INJURY; STATISTICS; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

BICYCLING; BINOMIAL DISTRIBUTION; CRANIOCEREBRAL TRAUMA; HEAD PROTECTIVE DEVICES; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; LEG INJURIES; NEW SOUTH WALES;

EID: 79961168647     PISSN: 00014575     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.aap.2011.05.029     Document Type: Article

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