Seat Belt Use Among American Indians/Alaska Natives and Non-Hispanic Whites

American Journal of Preventive Medicine

Volumn 33, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 200-206

  Garcia, Andrea N ^a   Patel, Kushang V ^a   Guralnik, Jack M ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE ON AGING   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; AMERICAN INDIAN; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GEOGRAPHICAL VARIATION (SPECIES); GEOGRAPHY; HUMAN; LAW; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; RACE DIFFERENCE; RISK FACTOR; RURAL AREA; SEATBELT; SELF REPORT; UNITED STATES; URBAN AREA;

ACCIDENTS, TRAFFIC; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ALASKA; BEHAVIORAL RISK FACTOR SURVEILLANCE SYSTEM; BIAS (EPIDEMIOLOGY); EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEMALE; GEOGRAPHY; HUMANS; INDIANS, NORTH AMERICAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RISK-TAKING; SEAT BELTS; SELF DISCLOSURE; UNITED STATES;

EID: 34548478856     PISSN: 07493797     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.amepre.2007.04.032     Document Type: Article

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