Possible causes of socioeconomic and ethnic differences in seat belt use among high school students

Accident Analysis and Prevention

Volumn 31, Issue 5, 1999, Pages 485-496

  Shin, Deena ^a   Hong, Leexan ^a   Waldron, Ingrid ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Ethnic differences; Health related behavior; Parental influence; Seat belt use; Socioeconomic status

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CULTURAL FACTOR; ETHNIC GROUP; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; SEATBELT; SOCIOECONOMICS; STATISTICS; STUDENT; UNITED STATES; URBAN POPULATION; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

ADOLESCENT; CROSS-CULTURAL COMPARISON; ETHNIC GROUPS; FEMALE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; MALE; PENNSYLVANIA; SEAT BELTS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; STUDENTS; URBAN POPULATION;

EID: 0033190553     PISSN: 00014575     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0001-4575(99)00004-4     Document Type: Article

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