Seat Belt Law Enforcement and Racial Disparities in Seat Belt Use

American Journal of Preventive Medicine

Volumn 31, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 135-141

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

^a MEHARRY MEDICAL COLLEGE   (United States)

^b VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c MOREHOUSE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICAN; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ARTICLE; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DATA ANALYSIS; EUROPEAN AMERICAN; FEMALE; HUMAN; INCOME; LAW ENFORCEMENT; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MALE; MATHEMATICAL COMPUTING; MORTALITY; RACE DIFFERENCE; RURAL AREA; SEAT; SEATBELT; SEX RATIO; TRAFFIC ACCIDENT; TRAFFIC SAFETY; URBAN AREA;

ACCIDENTS, TRAFFIC; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AFRICAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; AGED; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HUMANS; LAW ENFORCEMENT; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SEAT BELTS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 33745607333     PISSN: 07493797     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.amepre.2006.03.024     Document Type: Article

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