Bicycle helmets and the law: Canadian legislation had minimal effect on serious head injuries

BMJ (Online)

Volumn 346, Issue 7912, 2013, Pages

  Goldacre, Ben ^a   Spiegelhalter, David ^b  

^a LONDON SCHOOL OF HYGIENE AND TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACCIDENT PREVENTION; ACCIDENTAL INJURY; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; BICYCLE; CANADA; CAUSE OF DEATH; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; EDITORIAL; HEAD INJURY; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HELMET; HUMAN; LEGAL ASPECT; MORTALITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK BENEFIT ANALYSIS; RISK FACTOR; TRAFFIC SAFETY;

BICYCLING; CRANIOCEREBRAL TRAUMA; FEMALE; HEAD PROTECTIVE DEVICES; HUMANS; MALE; PATIENT ADMISSION;

EID: 84879200738     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17561833     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bmj.f3817     Document Type: Editorial

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