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  • Title: Prevention of bicycle-related head injuries.
    Author: Weiss BD.
    Journal: Am J Prev Med; 1986; 2(6):330-3. PubMed ID: 3453198.
    Abstract:
    Each year in the United States, bicycling accidents cause approximately 1,300 deaths and 60,000 injuries. The death and injury rates are particularly high among children. The death rate from bicycle injuries in children exceeds the death rate from accidental poisonings, falls, firearm injuries, and many major illnesses. Head trauma is the most frequent cause of death and serious injury among bicyclists. Bicycle helmets have the potential to decrease the frequency and severity of bicycle-related head injury. Unfortunately, however, most bicyclists do not use a helmet. The helmet-use rate is extremely low among children. The failure of bicyclists, particularly children, to use bicycle helmets presents an opportunity for prevention of thousands of the traumatic head injuries that occur annually in the United States. Helmet use could be encouraged by schools, community safety programs, and office-based education by physicians.
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