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Original Articles

Motorcycle Helmets: Head and Neck Dynamics in Helmeted and Unhelmeted Oblique Impacts

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Pages 835-844 | Received 15 Aug 2012, Accepted 04 Feb 2013, Published online: 27 Sep 2013

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