Associations between childhood bicycle helmet use, current use and family and community factors among college students

Family and Community Health

Volumn 32, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 159-166

  Kakefuda, Itsumi ^a   Henry, Kimberly L ^b   Stallones, Lorann ^b  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ADVANCED INDUSTRIAL SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY AIST   (Japan)

^b Department of Environmental and Radiological Health Sciences   (United States)

Author keywords

Bicycle helmet; Community climate; Family norm

Indexed keywords

EID: 64549158525     PISSN: 01606379     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/FCH.0b013e31819947cf     Document Type: Article

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