Bicycle helmet laws are associated with a lower fatality rate from bicycle-motor vehicle collisions

Journal of Pediatrics

Volumn 163, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 726-729

  Meehan III, William P ^a,b   Lee, Lois K ^b   Fischer, Christopher M ^c   Mannix, Rebekah C ^b  

^a Harvard Medical School   (United States)

^b BOSTON CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^c BETH ISRAEL DEACONESS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

FARS; Fatality Analysis Reporting System; National Highway Traffic Safety Administration; NHTSA

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; BICYCLE; CHILD; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; FATALITY; HELMET; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; LAW; LICENSING; POPULATION; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHOOL CHILD; TRAFFIC ACCIDENT;

FARS; FATALITY ANALYSIS REPORTING SYSTEM; NATIONAL HIGHWAY TRAFFIC SAFETY ADMINISTRATION; NHTSA;

ACCIDENTS, TRAFFIC; ADOLESCENT; BICYCLING; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; GOVERNMENT REGULATION; HEAD PROTECTIVE DEVICES; HUMANS; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; POISSON DISTRIBUTION; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; STATE GOVERNMENT; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84882857333     PISSN: 00223476     EISSN: 10976833     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jpeds.2013.03.073     Document Type: Article

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