Prevalence of seat belt use among reproductive-aged women and prenatal counseling to wear seat belts

American Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology

Volumn 192, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 580-585

  Beck, Laurie F ^a,c   Gilbert, Brenda Colley ^b   Shults, Ruth A ^a  

^a NATIONAL CENTER FOR INJURY PREVENTION AND CONTROL   (United States)

^b NATIONAL CENTER FOR CHRONIC DISEASE PREVENTION AND HEALTH PROMOTION   (United States)

^c CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (United States)

Author keywords

Counseling; Injury; Prenatal care; Seat belt

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICAN; ARTICLE; CAUCASIAN; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DATA ANALYSIS; DIRECTIVE COUNSELING; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; HEALTH EDUCATION; HISPANIC; HUMAN; POPULATION RESEARCH; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL SCREENING; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REPRODUCTION; SEATBELT; SELF REPORT; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE;

EID: 13444256511     PISSN: 00029378     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ajog.2004.07.027     Document Type: Article

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