Seatbelt law enforcement and motor vehicle crash fatalities among blacks and whites in Louisiana and Mississippi

Southern Medical Journal

Volumn 99, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 143-148

  Levine, Robert S ^a   Briggs, Nathaniel C ^b   Schlundt, David G ^b   Stinson Jr , Nathan ^b   Warren, Rueben C ^b   Goldzweig, Irwin A ^b  

^a MOREHOUSE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Injury prevention; Legislation; Motor vehicle crash fatality; Race

Indexed keywords

ACCIDENT PREVENTION; ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICAN; AGED; ARTICLE; CHILD; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; DEMOGRAPHY; EUROPEAN AMERICAN; FATALITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; LAW; LAW ENFORCEMENT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; RACE DIFFERENCE; SEATBELT; TIME; TRAFFIC ACCIDENT; UNITED STATES; ADOLESCENT; CAUCASIAN; COMPARATIVE STUDY; LEGAL ASPECT; MIDDLE AGED; PRESCHOOL CHILD; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SURVIVAL RATE;

ACCIDENTS, TRAFFIC; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICANS; AGED; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CONFIDENCE INTERVALS; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEMALE; HUMANS; LAW ENFORCEMENT; LOUISIANA; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MISSISSIPPI; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEAT BELTS; SURVIVAL RATE;

EID: 33644985323     PISSN: 00384348     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.smj.0000198493.84629.75     Document Type: Article

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