%0 Journal Article %T Factors Influencing Helmet Use, Head Injury, and Hospitalization Among Children Involved in Skateboarding and Snowboarding Accidents %A Brian Nguyen %A Homa Sadeghian %A Joshua Rouch %A Nhan Huynh %A Shahrzad Bazargan-Hejazi %A Steven L Lee %J Archive of "The Permanente Journal". %D 2017 %R 10.7812/TPP/16-161 %X Up to 75% of skateboarders and snowboarders admitted to the hospital sustain head injuries. It is unclear why not all children and teenagers wear helmets while snowboarding and skateboarding given the protection they afford %U https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5391782/