The prevalence of seat belt use in Kingston, Jamaica: A follow-up observational study five years after the introduction of legislation

West Indian Medical Journal

Volumn 55, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 327-329

  Crandon, Ivor W ^a   Harding, H E ^a   Branday, J M ^a   Simeon, D T ^b   Rhoden, A ^a   Carpenter, R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE WEST INDIES   (Jamaica)

^b Caribbean Health Research Council   (Trinidad and Tobago)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CAR DRIVING; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRIVER; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GEOGRAPHY; GOVERNMENT REGULATION; HUMAN; JAMAICA; MALE; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; PREVALENCE; SEATBELT; SEX DIFFERENCE; TRAFFIC ACCIDENT;

EID: 33847126165     PISSN: 00433144     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1590/S0043-31442006000500007     Document Type: Article

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