Motorcycle helmet use and related risk behaviors among adolescents and young adults in Northern Thailand

Southeast Asian Journal of Tropical Medicine and Public Health

Volumn 35, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 232-241

  Pitaktong, Utit ^a   Manopaiboon, Chomnad ^a   Kilmarx, Peter H ^a,b   Jeeyapant, Supaporn ^a   Jenkins, Richard ^b   Tappero, Jordan ^a,b   Uthaivoravit, Wat ^c   Van Griensven, Frits ^a,b  

^a MINISTRY OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (Thailand)

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

^c Department of Science   (Thailand)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BEHAVIORAL SCIENCE; COMPUTER ANALYSIS; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; HELMET; HUMAN; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; RISK ASSESSMENT; THAILAND; TRAFFIC ACCIDENT;

EID: 3042749238     PISSN: 01251562     EISSN: 26975718     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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