Inequalities in the use of helmets by race and payer status among pediatric cyclists

Surgery (United States)

Volumn 158, Issue 2, 2015, Pages 556-561

  Gulack, Brian C ^a   Englum, Brian R ^a   Rialon, Kristy L ^a   Talbot, Lindsay J ^a   Keenan, Jeffrey E ^a   Rice, Henry E ^a   Scarborough, John E ^a   Adibe, Obinna O ^a  

^a DUKE UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACCIDENTAL INJURY; ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; BICYCLE; BLACK PERSON; CAUCASIAN; CHILD; CHILDHOOD INJURY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYCLING; FEMALE; HELMET; HUMAN; INJURY SEVERITY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAID; MORTALITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PRIVATE HEALTH INSURANCE; RACE DIFFERENCE; SOCIAL STATUS; ANCESTRY GROUP; FACTUAL DATABASE; HEALTH DISPARITY; HEALTH INSURANCE; HEALTH SURVEY; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PRESCHOOL CHILD; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK; RISK FACTOR; SAFETY; STATISTICAL MODEL; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; TRAFFIC ACCIDENT; UNITED STATES; UTILIZATION;

ACCIDENTS, TRAFFIC; ADOLESCENT; BICYCLING; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CONTINENTAL POPULATION GROUPS; DATABASES, FACTUAL; FEMALE; HEAD PROTECTIVE DEVICES; HEALTH STATUS DISPARITIES; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; INSURANCE, HEALTH; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MEDICAID; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; ODDS RATIO; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; SAFETY; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84937525822     PISSN: 00396060     EISSN: 15327361     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.surg.2015.02.025     Document Type: Article

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