Bicycle helmet effectiveness is not overstated
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Bicycle helmet effectiveness in preventing injury and death.
This case--bicycle helmet effectiveness--is one of a series of teaching cases in the Case-Based Series in Population-Oriented Prevention (C-POP). It has been developed for use in medical school and residency prevention curricula. The complete set of cases is presented in this supplement to the American Journal of Preventive Medicine. This case examines the cost-effectiveness of three interventi...
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عنوان ژورنال: Traffic Injury Prevention
سال: 2017
ISSN: 1538-9588,1538-957X
DOI: 10.1080/15389588.2017.1298748