Citation

Curnow WJ. Accid. Anal. Prev. 2007; 39(3): 433-436.

Affiliation

27 Araba Street, Aranda, ACT 2614, Australia.

Copyright

(Copyright © 2007, Elsevier Publishing)

DOI

10.1016/j.aap.2006.09.013

PMID

17078914

Abstract

This paper replies to criticism by Cummings et al. [Cummings, P., Rivara, F.P., Thompson, D.C., Thompson, R.S., 2006. Accid. Anal. Prev. 38, 636-643] of an article [Curnow, W.J., 2005. The Cochrane Collaboration and bicycle helmets. Accid. Anal. Prev. 37, 569-573] disputing a conclusion of a Cochrane Collaboration review, namely, that it establishes scientific evidence that all types of standard bicycle helmet protect against injury to the brain. In response to the conclusion of Cummings that the review's case-control studies provide such evidence, I explain that their design is inadequate to do this.

Language: en