Re: published helmet research - not troll

Bill Z.

Benjamin Lewis <bclewis@cs.sfu.ca> writes:

> Bill Z. wrote:
>
> > Benjamin Lewis <bclewis@cs.sfu.ca> writes:
> >
> >> Bill Z. wrote:
> >>
> >>> What I find even more curious is that a short, obscure paper written
> >>> by three guys is the only thing that ever gets mentioned by the
> >>> anti-helmet camp,
> >>
> >> That's because it's pretty much the only statistic quoted by the
> >> anti-choice camp. Or if it isn't, what other study shows this "85%"
> >> figure that I keep seeing?
> >>
> >> The "anti-helmet" camp, as you call it, also frequently mentions a
> >> number of other studies, e.g. New Zealand & Australia.
> >
> > I should have said that it is the only study showing a positive result
> > for helmet use that they mention.
>
> Which other ones should they mention?

See <http://www.bhsi.org/henderso.htm> (the report itself is a high
level summary and not that interesting as a result), but it contains
a long bibliography. I've pasted that part in below:

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