Acculturation, income, education, safety belt use, and fatal motor vehicle crashes in California

Prevention Science

Volumn 6, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 139-148

  Romano, Eduardo ^a   Tippetts, Scott ^a   Blackman, Kenneth ^a   Voas, Robert ^a  

^a PACIFIC INSTITUTE FOR RESEARCH AND EVALUATION   (United States)

Author keywords

Acculturation; FARS; Safety belt

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ASIAN; CONTROLLED STUDY; CULTURAL FACTOR; DRIVER; DRUNKEN DRIVING; EDUCATION; FATALITY; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HISPANIC; HUMAN; IMMIGRANT; INCOME; LANGUAGE; LEARNING; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MALE; MEDICAL INFORMATION SYSTEM; PREDICTION; SAFETY; SEATBELT; STATISTICS; TRAFFIC ACCIDENT; TRAFFIC SAFETY; UNITED STATES;

ACCIDENTS, TRAFFIC; ACCULTURATION; CALIFORNIA; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; HUMANS; INCOME; SEAT BELTS;

EID: 18044375781     PISSN: 13894986     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11121-005-3412-5     Document Type: Article

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