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Helmet Wearing Saves the Cost of Motorcycle Head Injuries: A Case Study from Karachi, Pakistan

PURPOSE: To estimate the difference in healthcare cost of head injuries among motorcycle helmet users and non-users. METHODS: Motorcycle crash victims with head injuries that were brought to a public, tertiary care emergency room in Karachi were studied through a descriptive cross-sectional design....

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Autores principales:	Ali, Asrar, Malik, Muhammad Ashar, Khan, Uzma Rahim, Khudadad, Umerdad, Raheem, Ahmed, Hyder, Adnan A
Formato:	Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:	English
Publicado:	Dove 2021
Materias:	Original Research
Acceso en línea:	https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8236247/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34188502 http://dx.doi.org/10.2147/CEOR.S297032

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