Nonuse of bicycle helmets and risk of fatal head injury: A proportional mortality, case-control study

CMAJ. Canadian Medical Association Journal

Volumn 184, Issue 17, 2012, Pages

  Persaud, Navindra ^a,b   Coleman, Emily ^a   Zwolakowski, Dorothy ^a   Lauwers, Bert ^a,c,d   Cass, Dan ^a,c  

^a Ministry of Community Safety and Correctional Services   (Canada)

^b ST MICHAEL'S HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^d MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; BICYCLE; CANADA; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CHILD; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORONER; FATALITY; FEMALE; HEAD INJURY; HELMET; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; RISK ASSESSMENT; SCHOOL CHILD; TRAFFIC ACCIDENT;

EID: 84869741248     PISSN: 08203946     EISSN: 14882329     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1503/cmaj.120988     Document Type: Article

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