Associations between adolescent seatbelt non-use, normative perceptions and screen media exposure: Results from a national US survey

Injury Prevention

Volumn 16, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 315-320

  Dunlop, Sally M ^a   Romer, Daniel ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; AUDIOVISUAL EQUIPMENT; CAR DRIVING; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HIGH RISK BEHAVIOR; HUMAN; INJURY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PERCEPTION; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SEATBELT; STATISTICS; TRAFFIC ACCIDENT; UNITED STATES; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

ACCIDENTS, TRAFFIC; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AUTOMOBILE DRIVING; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOTION PICTURES AS TOPIC; PERCEPTION; RISK-TAKING; SEAT BELTS; UNITED STATES; WOUNDS AND INJURIES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77958113198     PISSN: 13538047     EISSN: 14755785     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/ip.2009.025999     Document Type: Article

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