Rear-Seat Motor Vehicle Travel in the U.S. Using National Data to Define a Population at Risk

American Journal of Preventive Medicine

Volumn 37, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 321-323

  Trowbridge, Matthew J ^a   Kent, Richard ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CAR DRIVING; RISK FACTOR; SEATBELT; TRAFFIC ACCIDENT; TRAFFIC SAFETY; UNITED STATES;

ACCIDENTS, TRAFFIC; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; AIR BAGS; AUTOMOBILES; CHILD; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RISK ASSESSMENT; SAFETY; SEAT BELTS; UNITED STATES; WOUNDS AND INJURIES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 70149111062     PISSN: 07493797     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.amepre.2009.05.021     Document Type: Article

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