Bicycle Helmet-wearing variation and associated factors in Ontario teenagers and adults

Canadian Journal of Public Health

Volumn 93, Issue 5, 2002, Pages 368-373

  Irvine, Andrew ^a   Rowe, Brian H ^a   Sahai, Vic ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ALCOHOL ABSTINENCE; ARTICLE; BICYCLE; CANADA; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DATA BASE; DRINKING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; GROUPS BY AGE; HEALTH SURVEY; HELMET; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MALE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; POPULATION RESEARCH; PUBLIC HEALTH; RURAL AREA; SCHOOL CHILD; SMOKING; SOCIOECONOMICS;

EID: 0036750633     PISSN: 00084263     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/bf03404572     Document Type: Article

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