Seat belt use among Hispanic ethnic subgroups of national origin

Injury Prevention

Volumn 12, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 421-426

  Briggs, N C ^a   Schlundt, D G ^b   Levine, R S ^c   Goldzweig, I A ^a   Stinson Jr , N ^a   Warren, R C ^a,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; AGED; ARTICLE; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HISPANIC; HUMAN; INCOME; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MORTALITY; SEATBELT; STATISTICS; TRAFFIC ACCIDENT; UNITED STATES; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

ACCIDENTS, TRAFFIC; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HISPANIC AMERICANS; HUMANS; INCOME; MALE; MEXICAN AMERICANS; MIDDLE AGED; SEAT BELTS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 33846134029     PISSN: 13538047     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/ip.2006.012435     Document Type: Article

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