Relationship between locations of facial injury and the use of bicycle helmets: A systematic review

Archives of Plastic Surgery

Volumn 42, Issue 4, 2015, Pages 407-410

  Hwang, Kun ^a   Jeon, Yun Moon ^b   Ko, Yeong Seung ^b   Kim, Yeon Soo ^a  

^a Department of Plastic Surgery ^*  (South Korea)

^b Inha University School of Medicine   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Bicycling; Facial injury; Head protective devices

Indexed keywords

BICYCLE; FACE INJURY; FOREHEAD; HELMET; HUMAN; META ANALYSIS (TOPIC); REVIEW; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW;

EID: 84937944953     PISSN: 22346163     EISSN: 22346171     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5999/aps.2015.42.4.407     Document Type: Review

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