Self-reported safety belt use among emergency department patients in Boston, Massachusetts

BMC Public Health

Volumn 6, Issue , 2006, Pages

  Fernandez, William G ^a   Mehta, Supriya D ^a   Coles, Tara ^a   Feldman, James A ^a   Mitchell, Patricia ^a   Olshaker, Jonathan ^a  

^a BOSTON MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICAN; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ARTICLE; DEMOGRAPHY; DRINKING BEHAVIOR; DRIVER LICENCE; EMERGENCY WARD; EUROPEAN AMERICAN; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTIVARIATE LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; PREVALENCE; PUBLIC HOSPITAL; RATING SCALE; SEATBELT; SELF REPORT; TRAFFIC ACCIDENT; UNITED STATES; ADOLESCENT; AGED; CAR DRIVING; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; HEALTH CARE SURVEY; HIGH RISK BEHAVIOR; HOSPITAL; LAW ENFORCEMENT; LEGISLATION AND JURISPRUDENCE; MASSACHUSETTS; MIDDLE AGED; SAFETY; SELF DISCLOSURE; STATISTICAL MODEL; TEACHING HOSPITAL; UTILIZATION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AUTOMOBILE DRIVING; BOSTON; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE SURVEYS; HOSPITALS, TEACHING; HOSPITALS, URBAN; HUMANS; LAW ENFORCEMENT; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RISK-TAKING; SAFETY; SEAT BELTS; SELF DISCLOSURE;

EID: 33746743749     PISSN: 14712458     EISSN: 14712458     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2458-6-111     Document Type: Article

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