Racial/ethnic and socioeconomic disparities in the use of helmets in children involved in bicycle accidents

Journal of Pediatric Surgery

Volumn 49, Issue 6, 2014, Pages 1000-1003

  Sullins, Veronica F ^a   Yaghoubian, Arezou ^b   Nguyen, Julien ^c   Kaji, Amy H ^a   Lee, Steven L ^a  

^a HARBOR UCLA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Bicycle accidents; Bicycle helmet; Ethnic disparities; Helmet use; Racial disparities

Indexed keywords

ACCIDENT PREVENTION; ADULT; ARTICLE; BICYCLE ACCIDENT; CHILD CARE; EMERGENCY SURGERY; FEMALE; HEAD INJURY; HELMET; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INJURY SCALE; LOWEST INCOME GROUP; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RACE DIFFERENCE; RANK SUM TEST; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SOCIAL STATUS; SOCIOECONOMICS; TRAFFIC ACCIDENT; ADOLESCENT; CHILD; CRANIOCEREBRAL TRAUMA; CYCLING; ECONOMICS; EPIDEMIOLOGY; ETHNIC GROUP; ETHNOLOGY; HEALTH INSURANCE; INCIDENCE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; UNITED STATES; UTILIZATION;

ADOLESCENT; BICYCLING; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CRANIOCEREBRAL TRAUMA; ETHNIC GROUPS; FEMALE; HEAD PROTECTIVE DEVICES; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; INSURANCE, HEALTH; LOS ANGELES; MALE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS;

EID: 84901804810     PISSN: 00223468     EISSN: 15315037     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jpedsurg.2014.01.038     Document Type: Article

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