The effectiveness of helmets in bicycle collisions with motor vehicles: A case-control study

Accident Analysis and Prevention

Volumn 53, Issue , 2013, Pages 78-88

  Bambach, M R ^a   Mitchell, R J ^a   Grzebieta, R H ^a   Olivier, J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

Author keywords

Bicycles; Brain injury; Head injury; Helmets; Motor vehicle collisions

Indexed keywords

AUSTRALIA; BICYCLE HELMET; BRAIN INJURY; CASE-CONTROL STUDY; CHILDREN AND ADOLESCENTS; HEAD INJURIES; HELMET USE; HELMETS; HOSPITAL ADMISSIONS; INJURY SEVERITY; LOGISTIC REGRESSIONS; MOTOR VEHICLE; MOTOR VEHICLE COLLISIONS; MULTINOMIALS; NEW SOUTH WALES; ROAD CRASH; SKULL FRACTURE;

BICYCLES; HIGHWAY ACCIDENTS; HOSPITALS; LOGISTICS; SAFETY DEVICES; VEHICLES;

ACCIDENT PREVENTION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; BICYCLE; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CHILD; EVALUATION; FEMALE; HEAD INJURY; HELMET; HUMAN; INJURY; INJURY SCALE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MORTALITY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK; STATISTICAL MODEL; TRAFFIC ACCIDENT; UTILIZATION REVIEW; VERY ELDERLY; VIOLENCE;

ACCIDENTS, TRAFFIC; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BICYCLING; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CHILD; CRANIOCEREBRAL TRAUMA; DANGEROUS BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; HEAD PROTECTIVE DEVICES; HUMANS; INJURY SEVERITY SCORE; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEW SOUTH WALES; ODDS RATIO; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84873289995     PISSN: 00014575     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.aap.2013.01.005     Document Type: Article

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