The Health Impact of Mandatory Bicycle Helmet Laws

Risk Analysis

Volumn 32, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 782-790

  de Jong, Piet ^a  

^a MACQUARIE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Bicycling; Cost benefit analysis; Health or risk tradeoffs; Helmets

Indexed keywords

BICYCLE HELMET; BICYCLING; HEAD INJURIES; HEALTH BENEFITS; HEALTH IMPACT; HELMETS; LAW DEBATE; RISK TRADEOFF;

ACCIDENT PREVENTION; BICYCLES; HEALTH; SAFETY DEVICES;

HEALTH RISKS;

COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; ENVIRONMENTAL LEGISLATION; HEALTH IMPACT; HEALTH RISK; INJURY; MORBIDITY; NUMERICAL MODEL; TRADE-OFF;

ARTICLE; BICYCLE; HEAD INJURY; HELMET; HUMAN; LEGAL ASPECT; RISK MANAGEMENT;

BICYCLING; CRANIOCEREBRAL TRAUMA; HEAD PROTECTIVE DEVICES; HUMANS; RISK MANAGEMENT;

EID: 84860491215     PISSN: 02724332     EISSN: 15396924     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1539-6924.2011.01785.x     Document Type: Article

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