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THE INFLUENCE OF SEAT BELT WEARING ON THE INCIDENCE OF SEVERE HEAD INJURY
Author(s) -
PETTY PETER G.
Publication year - 1975
Publication title -
medical journal of australia
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.904
H-Index - 131
eISSN - 1326-5377
pISSN - 0025-729X
DOI - 10.5694/j.1326-5377.1975.tb106277.x
Subject(s) - incidence (geometry) , legislation , medicine , head (geology) , seat belt , head injury , retrospective cohort study , injury prevention , poison control , occupational safety and health , surgery , emergency medicine , medical emergency , engineering , political science , law , physics , pathology , geomorphology , automotive engineering , optics , geology
A retrospective follow‐up of patients admitted to hospital with a diagnosis of head injury in two sample years, before and after the introduction of legislation requiring the use of seat belts, has been undertaken. This shows a marked reduction in the incidence of severe head injury following the introduction of this legislation.