Long term bicycle related head injury trends for New South Wales, Australia following mandatory helmet legislation

Accident Analysis and Prevention

Volumn 50, Issue , 2013, Pages 1128-1134

  Olivier, Jake ^a   Walter, Scott R ^a   Grzebieta, Raphael H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

Author keywords

Australia; Bicycle helmet legislation; Bicycle infrastructure; Long term trends; Risk compensation

Indexed keywords

AUSTRALIA; BICYCLE HELMET; EXPOSURE DATA; HEAD INJURIES; LONG-TERM TREND; NEW SOUTH WALES; NEW SOUTH WALES , AUSTRALIA; POPULATION LEVELS; RELATED INJURIES; SAFETY BENEFITS; SAFETY IMPROVEMENT; SURVEY DATA;

BICYCLES; INTERNATIONAL TRADE; POPULATION STATISTICS; SAFETY DEVICES;

ACCIDENT PREVENTION;

ADULT; ARM INJURY; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; BICYCLE; CHILD; CLASSIFICATION; FEMALE; HEAD INJURY; HELMET; HUMAN; INJURY; INTERNATIONAL CLASSIFICATION OF DISEASES; LEGAL ASPECT; MALE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; STATISTICS; TRAFFIC ACCIDENT; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

ACCIDENTS, TRAFFIC; ADULT; ARM INJURIES; BICYCLING; CHILD; CRANIOCEREBRAL TRAUMA; FEMALE; HEAD PROTECTIVE DEVICES; HUMANS; INTERNATIONAL CLASSIFICATION OF DISEASES; MALE; NEW SOUTH WALES; REGRESSION ANALYSIS;

EID: 84870300779     PISSN: 00014575     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.aap.2012.09.003     Document Type: Article

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