Family, social, and cultural factors in pedestrian injuries among Hispanic children

Injury Prevention

Volumn 4, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 188-193

  Agran, Phyllis F ^a   Winn, Diane G ^a   Anderson, Craig L ^a   Del Valle, Celeste ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARTICLE; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CHILD; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY; EPIDEMIOLOGY; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HISPANIC; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INJURY; MALE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; RISK; RISK FACTOR; SEX RATIO; SOCIOECONOMICS; STATISTICS; TRAFFIC ACCIDENT; UNITED STATES; WALKING;

ACCIDENTS, TRAFFIC; ADOLESCENT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CONFIDENCE INTERVALS; CULTURAL DIVERSITY; FEMALE; HISPANIC AMERICANS; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MALE; ODDS RATIO; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; RISK FACTORS; SAMPLING STUDIES; SEX DISTRIBUTION; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; UNITED STATES; WALKING;

EID: 0032160682     PISSN: 13538047     EISSN: 14755785     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/ip.4.3.188     Document Type: Article

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