Cyclists should wear helmets

BMJ

Volumn 314, Issue 7073, 1997, Pages 69-

  Davis, Adrian ^a   Waterston, Tony ^b   Robinson, Dorothy L ^c   Keatinge, Richard ^d   Hillman, Mayer ^e   Hall, G H ^f  

^a OPEN UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b TYNE AND WEAR NHS FOUNDATION TRUST   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NEW ENGLAND   (Australia)

^d Hedsor Idan   (United Kingdom)

^e POLICY STUDIES INSTITUTE   (United Kingdom)

^f NONE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BICYCLE; HEAD INJURY; HEALTH PROMOTION; HELMET; HUMAN; INJURY; NOTE; TRAFFIC ACCIDENT;

ACCIDENTS, TRAFFIC; BICYCLING; CRANIOCEREBRAL TRAUMA; HEAD PROTECTIVE DEVICES; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMANS;

EID: 85007767804     PISSN: 09598138     EISSN: 14685833     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bmj.314.7073.69     Document Type: Letter

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