Nonurban Parental Beliefs about Childhood Injury and Bicycle Safety

American Journal of Health Behavior

Volumn 22, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 218-227

  Becker, Heather ^a   Hendrickson, Sherry L ^a   Shaver, Leigh ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

^b INDIAN HEALTH SERVICE   (United States)

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