Bicycle helmet promotion among low income preschool children

Injury Prevention

Volumn 4, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 280-283

  Britt, John ^a   Silver, Ilene ^b   Rivara, Frederick P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^b Injury Prevention Program   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BICYCLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; EARLY CHILDHOOD INTERVENTION; HEAD INJURY; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH PROMOTION; HELMET; HUMAN; INJURY; METHODOLOGY; POVERTY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; UNITED STATES; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

BICYCLING; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CRANIOCEREBRAL TRAUMA; EARLY INTERVENTION (EDUCATION); HEAD PROTECTIVE DEVICES; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMANS; POVERTY; PROGRAM EVALUATION; WASHINGTON;

EID: 0032247582     PISSN: 13538047     EISSN: 14755785     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/ip.4.4.280     Document Type: Article

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