Helmet legislation and admissions to hospital for cycling related head injuries in Canadian provinces and territories: Interrupted time series analysis

BMJ (Online)

Volumn 346, Issue 7912, 2013, Pages

  Dennis, Jessica ^a   Ramsay, Tim ^b   Turgeon, Alexis F ^c   Zarychanski, Ryan ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^b OTTAWA HOSPITAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITÉ LAVAL   (Canada)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MANITOBA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CANADA; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYCLING; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FATALITY; FEMALE; HEAD INJURY; HELMET; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITAL POLICY; HUMAN; INJURY SEVERITY; LAW; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK REDUCTION; TRAFFIC SAFETY; TREND STUDY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; BICYCLING; CANADA; CONFIDENCE INTERVALS; CRANIOCEREBRAL TRAUMA; DATABASES, FACTUAL; FEMALE; HEAD PROTECTIVE DEVICES; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; INJURY SEVERITY SCORE; MALE; PATIENT ADMISSION; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEX DISTRIBUTION; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84879244905     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17561833     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bmj.f2674     Document Type: Article

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