All-terrain vehicle safety and use patterns in central Illinois youth

Journal of Rural Health

Volumn 26, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 67-72

  Hafner, John W ^a   Hough, Scott M ^b   Getz, Marjorie A ^c   Whitehurst, Yvette ^d   Pearl, Richard H ^a,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS   (United States)

^b INTEGRIS BAPTIST MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c BRADLEY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d Children's Hospital of Illinois   (United States)

Author keywords

Adolescent; All terrain vehicles; Child; Rural safety; Safety equipment

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CHILD; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HIGH RISK BEHAVIOR; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MALE; MOTOR VEHICLE; PROTECTIVE EQUIPMENT; RISK FACTOR; STATISTICAL MODEL; STATISTICS; TRAFFIC ACCIDENT; UNITED STATES;

ACCIDENTS, TRAFFIC; ADOLESCENT; CHILD; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DATA COLLECTION; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; ILLINOIS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; OFF-ROAD MOTOR VEHICLES; PROTECTIVE DEVICES; RISK FACTORS; RISK-TAKING; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 73649106575     PISSN: 0890765X     EISSN: 17480361     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1748-0361.2009.00267.x     Document Type: Article

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