Seat belt use, counseling and motor-vehicle injury during pregnancy: Results from a multi-state population-based survey

Maternal and Child Health Journal

Volumn 11, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 505-510

  Sirin, Hulya ^a   Weiss, Harold B ^b   Sauber Schatz, Erin K ^b   Dunning, Kari ^c  

^a GAZI UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CINCINNATI COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Counseling; Injury; Motor vehicle crash; Motor vehicle injury; Pregnancy; Seat belt

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CAUCASIAN; CONTROLLED STUDY; COUNSELING; EDUCATION; ETHNICITY; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HISPANIC; HUMAN; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; METHODOLOGY; NEGRO; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL CARE; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RACE; SEATBELT INJURY; SELF REPORT; THIRD TRIMESTER PREGNANCY; TRAFFIC ACCIDENT; UNITED STATES;

ACCIDENTS, TRAFFIC; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AUTOMOBILES; COUNSELING; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DATA COLLECTION; FEMALE; HUMANS; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL CARE; PREVALENCE; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS; SEAT BELTS; UNITED STATES; WOUNDS AND INJURIES;

EID: 34547107059     PISSN: 10927875     EISSN: 15736628     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10995-007-0190-7     Document Type: Article

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