Seat belt and helmet use among victims of traffic accidents in a city of Southern Brazil, 1997-2000

Public Health

Volumn 119, Issue 10, 2005, Pages 930-932

  Bastos, Y G L ^a   de Andrade, S M ^a,b   Soares, D A ^a   Matsuo, T ^a  

^a STATE UNIVERSITY OF LONDRINA   (Brazil)

^b NONE   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Brazil; Helmets; Prehospital emergency care; Risk taking; Road traffic accidents; Seat belts

Indexed keywords

TRANSPORTATION SAFETY;

ACCIDENT PREVENTION; ACCIDENT PRONENESS; ARTICLE; BRAZIL; CAR DRIVING; HELMET; HIGH RISK PATIENT; HUMAN; INTERNATIONAL CLASSIFICATION OF DISEASES; LAW; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; MOTORCYCLE; PUBLIC HEALTH; PUNISHMENT; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEATBELT; TRAFFIC ACCIDENT; TRAFFIC SAFETY;

ACCIDENTS, TRAFFIC; BRAZIL; HEAD PROTECTIVE DEVICES; HUMANS; SEAT BELTS; URBAN POPULATION;

EID: 24344486840     PISSN: 00333506     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.puhe.2005.01.008     Document Type: Article

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