Safety belt use and severity of injuries in car accidents;Cinturon de seguridad y gravedad de lesiones en accidentes de tráfico en carretera

Salud Publica de Mexico

Volumn 38, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 118-127

  Híjar Medina, Martha C ^a   Flores Aldana, Mario E ^a   López López, Ma Victoria ^a  

^a INSTITUTO NACIONAL DE SALUD PÚBLICA   (Mexico)

Author keywords

Accidents, traffic injunes; Mexico; Seat belts

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DRINKING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; HUMAN; INJURY; MALE; MEXICO; MIDDLE AGED; QUESTIONNAIRE; RISK FACTOR; SEATBELT; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; TIME; TRAFFIC ACCIDENT;

ACCIDENTS, TRAFFIC; ADULT; ALCOHOL DRINKING; DATA INTERPRETATION, STATISTICAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MEXICO; MIDDLE AGED; QUESTIONNAIRES; RISK FACTORS; SEAT BELTS; TIME FACTORS; WOUNDS AND INJURIES;

EID: 0006793750     PISSN: 00363634     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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