Reply to the letter: "Unreliable claims regarding bicycle helmet law in Western Australia"

Affiliations

¹ Department of Neurosurgery, Lucerne Cantonal Hospital, Spitalstrasse, 6004, Lucerne, Switzerland. Dominik.baschera@luks.ch.
² Department of Orthopaedics, Fiona Stanley Hospital, Murdoch, Western Australia, Australia.
³ Department of Orthopaedics and Trauma Surgery, Royal Perth Hospital, Perth, Western Australia, Australia.

Comment

Dominik Baschera et al. Acta Neurochir (Wien). 2021 Dec.

. 2021 Dec;163(12):3243-3245.

doi: 10.1007/s00701-021-04944-7. Epub 2021 Aug 2.

¹ Department of Neurosurgery, Lucerne Cantonal Hospital, Spitalstrasse, 6004, Lucerne, Switzerland. Dominik.baschera@luks.ch.
² Department of Orthopaedics, Fiona Stanley Hospital, Murdoch, Western Australia, Australia.
³ Department of Orthopaedics and Trauma Surgery, Royal Perth Hospital, Perth, Western Australia, Australia.

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Severity and predictors of head injury due to bicycle accidents in Western Australia.
Baschera D, Lawless A, Roeters R, Frysch CWS, Zellweger R. Baschera D, et al. Acta Neurochir (Wien). 2021 Jan;163(1):49-56. doi: 10.1007/s00701-020-04626-w. Epub 2020 Oct 28. Acta Neurochir (Wien). 2021. PMID: 33113011
Unreliable claims regarding bicycle helmet law in Western Australia.
Clarke C, Gillham C. Clarke C, et al. Acta Neurochir (Wien). 2021 Dec;163(12):3247-3248. doi: 10.1007/s00701-021-04949-2. Epub 2021 Aug 16. Acta Neurochir (Wien). 2021. PMID: 34398338 No abstract available.

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