Bicycle helmet wearing and the risk of head, face, and neck injury: A French caseecontrol study based on a road trauma registry

Injury Prevention

Volumn 18, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 27-32

  Amoros, Emmanuelle ^a   Chiron, Mireille ^a   Martin, Jean Louis ^a   Thélot, Bertrand ^b   Laumon, Bernard ^a  

^a University Lyon   (France)

^b INSTITUT DE VEILLE SANITAIRE   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; BICYCLE; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CHILD; FACE INJURY; FRANCE; HEAD INJURY; HELMET; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INJURY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; NECK INJURY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; REVIEW; RISK; RISK FACTOR; RURAL POPULATION; STATISTICS; URBAN POPULATION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; BICYCLING; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CRANIOCEREBRAL TRAUMA; FACIAL INJURIES; FRANCE; HEAD PROTECTIVE DEVICES; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; NECK INJURIES; ODDS RATIO; RISK FACTORS; RURAL POPULATION; URBAN POPULATION; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84856016596     PISSN: 13538047     EISSN: 14755785     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/ip.2011.031815     Document Type: Review

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