Child passenger safety for inner-city Latinos: New approaches from the community

Injury Prevention

Volumn 12, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 99-104

  Martin, M ^a   Holden, J ^b   Chen, Z ^a   Quinlan, K ^c  

^a RUSH UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT CHICAGO   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CAR; CHILD; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMMUNITY CARE; EQUIPMENT; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH EDUCATION; HEALTH SERVICE; HISPANIC; HUMAN; INFANT; INJURY; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; NEWBORN; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PARENT; PRESCHOOL CHILD; UNITED STATES; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AUTOMOBILES; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COMMUNITY HEALTH SERVICES; FEMALE; HEALTH EDUCATION; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HISPANIC AMERICANS; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT EQUIPMENT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PARENTS; PROGRAM EVALUATION; UNITED STATES; URBAN HEALTH SERVICES; WOUNDS AND INJURIES;

EID: 33645940585     PISSN: 13538047     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/ip.2005.009480     Document Type: Article

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