Driver and Passenger Seatbelt Use Among U.S. High School Students

American Journal of Preventive Medicine

Volumn 35, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 224-229

  Briggs, Nathaniel C ^a   Lambert, E Warren ^b   Goldzweig, Irwin A ^a   Levine, Robert S ^a   Warren, Rueben C ^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

AGE; ARTICLE; DRUNKEN DRIVING; ETHNICITY; GENDER; HIGH RISK BEHAVIOR; HIGH SCHOOL STUDENT; RACE; SEATBELT; TRAFFIC ACCIDENT; TRAFFIC SAFETY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AUTOMOBILE DRIVING; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; MALE; PILOT PROJECTS; RISK-TAKING; SCHOOLS; SEAT BELTS; STUDENTS; UNITED STATES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 48649086268     PISSN: 07493797     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.amepre.2008.03.038     Document Type: Article

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