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Reply to the letter: “Unreliable claims regarding bicycle helmet law in Western Australia”

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  1. Department of Neurosurgery, Lucerne Cantonal Hospital, Spitalstrasse, 6004, Lucerne, Switzerland

    Dominik Baschera

  2. Department of Orthopaedics, Fiona Stanley Hospital, Murdoch, Western Australia, Australia

    Adam Lawless

  3. Department of Orthopaedics and Trauma Surgery, Royal Perth Hospital, Perth, Western Australia, Australia

    René Zellweger

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Baschera, D., Lawless, A. & Zellweger, R. Reply to the letter: “Unreliable claims regarding bicycle helmet law in Western Australia”. Acta Neurochir 163, 3243–3245 (2021). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00701-021-04944-7

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