The effects of a 4-year program promoting bicycle helmet use among children in Quebec

American Journal of Public Health

Volumn 86, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 46-51

  Farley, Céline ^a   Haddad, Slim ^b   Brown, Bruce ^a  

^a S Shore Reg Bd Hlth/Social Serv   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BICYCLE; CANADA; CHILD; COMMUNITY CARE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HEALTH PROGRAM; HEALTH PROMOTION; HELMET; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SOCIOECONOMICS;

EID: 0030033817     PISSN: 00900036     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2105/AJPH.86.1.46     Document Type: Article

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