Influences on the Risk of Injury of Bicyclists' Heads and Benefits of Bicycle Helmets in Terms of Injury Avoidance and Reduction of Injury Severity

SAE International Journal of Transportation Safety

Volumn 2, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 257-267

  Otte, Dietmar ^a   Wiese, Birgitt ^a  

^a HANNOVER MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACCIDENTS; BICYCLES; FRACTURE; MULTIVARIANT ANALYSIS; SAFETY DEVICES;

ACCIDENT DATA; BICYCLE HELMET; BRAIN INJURY; HEAD INJURIES; INJURY SEVERITY; MULTI VARIATE ANALYSIS; SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH TEAMS; SKULL FRACTURE;

ACCIDENT PREVENTION;

EID: 84945305976     PISSN: 23275626     EISSN: 23275634     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4271/2014-01-0517     Document Type: Article

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