Car seatbelt use during pregnancy in Japan: Determinants and policy implications

Injury Prevention

Volumn 9, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 169-172

  Ichikawa, Masao ^a   Nakahara, S ^a   Okubo, T ^b   Wakai, S ^a  

^a GRADUATE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^b Okubo Hospital   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; FEMALE; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMAN; INJURY; JAPAN; LEGAL ASPECT; PREGNANCY; QUESTIONNAIRE; SEATBELT; STATISTICAL MODEL; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

ADULT; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMANS; JAPAN; LOGISTIC MODELS; PREGNANCY; QUESTIONNAIRES; SEAT BELTS; WOUNDS AND INJURIES;

EID: 0141560461     PISSN: 13538047     EISSN: 14755785     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/ip.9.2.169     Document Type: Article

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