All terrain vehicle ownership, use, and self reported safety behaviours in rural children

Injury Prevention

Volumn 4, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 44-49

  Warda, Lynne ^a   Klassen, Terry P ^b   Buchan, Norma ^c   Zierler, Amy ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANITOBA   (Canada)

^b CHILDREN S HOSPITAL OF EASTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

^c Injuries Manitoba Prevention of Adolescent and Childhood Trauma ^*  (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR; CANADA; CHILD; FEMALE; HELMET; HUMAN; MALE; MOTOR VEHICLE; PROTECTIVE CLOTHING; RURAL POPULATION; SAFETY; STATISTICS;

BEHAVIOR; CHILD; FEMALE; HEAD PROTECTIVE DEVICES; HUMANS; MALE; MANITOBA; OFF-ROAD MOTOR VEHICLES; PROTECTIVE CLOTHING; RURAL POPULATION; SAFETY;

EID: 0032016666     PISSN: 13538047     EISSN: 14755785     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/ip.4.1.44     Document Type: Article

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