[bikeqld] Evaluating the Health Benefit of Bicycle Helmet LawsbyPiet De Jong

[Glen Fergus]

Clicking Download, then Stanford Law School worked here.

An interesting paper which tries to quantify and integrate many of the common
points of argument.

Hint: It all depends on Δm, the reduction in cycling due to the helmet law.  If
that is zero, then the percent of the potential health benefit achieved, %HB ≡
1.0 (or Ф* - Ф).  But Δm is actually poorly known (Perth data
notwithstanding).  The analysis suggests that even if Δm is fairly small (say
10%), %HB is pretty much wiped out (it rapidly becomes negative).  Which has
been argued here before, but qualitatively.

G.


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From: bikeqld-bounces at bikeqld.org.au [mailto:bikeqld-bounces at bikeqld.org.au] On
Behalf Of Peter Whittle
Sent: Tuesday, 28 April 2009 2:00 PM
To: John Nightingale; Richard Hockey; bikeqld at bikeqld.org.au
Subject: RE: [bikeqld] Evaluating the Health Benefit of Bicycle Helmet
LawsbyPiet De Jong


Not in QUT library, so yes please, Richard, send away!

P

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From: John Nightingale [mailto:adsliif2 at iinet.net.au]
Sent: Tuesday, 28 April 2009 1:39 PM
To: Peter Whittle; Richard Hockey; bikeqld at bikeqld.org.au
Subject: Re: [bikeqld] Evaluating the Health Benefit of Bicycle Helmet Laws
byPiet De Jong


If you can’t access the whole article, use your QUT library portal to get it,
they would probably subscribe to the journal. Alternatively, email the author at
Macquarie Uni, he may send you a copy.
J.


On 28/4/09 1:29 PM, "Peter Whittle" <peter.whittle at qut.edu.au> wrote:



Unfortunately, this seems to be the Abstract only?

P


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From: bikeqld-bounces at bikeqld.org.au [mailto:bikeqld-bounces at bikeqld.org.au] On
Behalf Of Richard Hockey
Sent: Tuesday, 28 April 2009 10:37 AM
To: bikeqld at bikeqld.org.au
Subject: [bikeqld] Evaluating the Health Benefit of Bicycle Helmet Laws byPiet
De Jong

http://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=1368064
<http://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=1368064&download=yes>
&download=yes
<http://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=1368064&download=yes> <http:
//papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=1368064&amp;download=yes>


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