A comprehensive statewide analysis of seatbelt non-use with injury and hospital admissions: New data, old problem

Academic Emergency Medicine

Volumn 13, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 427-434

  Allen, Shane ^a   Zhu, Shankuan ^a   Sauter, Carley ^a   Layde, Peter ^a   Hargarten, Stephen ^a,b  

^a MEDICAL COLLEGE OF WISCONSIN   (United States)

^b Injury Research Center   (United States)

Author keywords

Injury; Motor vehicle crash; Seatbelt

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL;

ABDOMINAL INJURY; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARM INJURY; ARTICLE; DEATH; DEMOGRAPHY; EMERGENCY WARD; FACE INJURY; FEMALE; HEAD INJURY; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HUMAN; INJURY SEVERITY; LEG INJURY; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL ASSESSMENT; MEDICAL RECORD; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEATBELT INJURY; SEX DIFFERENCE; SPINE INJURY; THORAX INJURY; TRAFFIC ACCIDENT;

ACCIDENTS, TRAFFIC; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; FEMALE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; INJURY SEVERITY SCORE; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SEAT BELTS; WISCONSIN; WOUNDS AND INJURIES;

EID: 33645286191     PISSN: 10696563     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1197/j.aem.2005.11.003     Document Type: Article

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