title: Bicycle injuries and helmet use in children.
abstract: Should cyclists be legally required to wear helmets? P Umesh Prabhu reviews the evidence and concludes they should. The incidence of helmet use is extremely low but especially so among young people and children. Health visitors and school nurses could play an important role in any campaign to increase helmet use.
authors.forename: P U
authors.initials: PU
authors.lastname: Prabhu
mesh_terms: D000056:Accident Prevention; D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D001642:Bicycling / Q000293:injuries* / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence; D002648:Child; D006260:Head Protective Devices / Q000592:standards; D006801:Humans; D006113:United Kingdom / Q000453:epidemiology; D014947:Wounds and Injuries / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000517:prevention & control*