Trends in safety belt use by demographics and by type of state safety belt law, 1987 through 1993

American Journal of Public Health

Volumn 88, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 245-249

  Nelson, David E ^a   Bolen, Julie ^a   Kresnow, Marcie Jo ^a  

^a CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; LAW; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; RACE DIFFERENCE; SEATBELT;

EID: 0031891897     PISSN: 00900036     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2105/AJPH.88.2.245     Document Type: Article

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