Prevalence of bicycle helmet use by users of public bikeshare programs

Annals of Emergency Medicine

Volumn 60, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 228-231

  Fischer, Christopher M ^a   Sanchez, Czarina E ^a   Pittman, Mark ^b   Milzman, David ^b,c   Volz, Kathryn A ^a   Huang, Han ^c   Gautam, Shiva ^a   Sanchez, Leon D ^a  

^a HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b WASHINGTON HOSPITAL CENTER   (United States)

^c GEORGETOWN UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BICYCLE; CYCLING; FEMALE; HELMET; HUMAN; MALE; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SEX DIFFERENCE; TRAINING; UNITED STATES;

ADULT; BICYCLING; BOSTON; DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA; FEMALE; HEAD PROTECTIVE DEVICES; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; PREVALENCE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEX FACTORS; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 84864281682     PISSN: 01960644     EISSN: 10976760     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.annemergmed.2012.03.018     Document Type: Article

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