The influence of parent-child relationship on safety belt use among school children in Beirut

Health Promotion International

Volumn 25, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 403-411

  Habib, Rima R ^a   Hamdan, Monia ^a   Al Sahab, Ban ^b   Tamim, Hala ^b   MacK, Alena ^a   Afifi, Rema A ^a  

^a AMERICAN UNIVERSITY OF BEIRUT   (Lebanon)

^b York University   (Canada)

Author keywords

adolescents; Lebanon; parent child relations; safety belt use

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CHILD; CHILD BEHAVIOR; CHILD PARENT RELATION; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; LEBANON; MALE; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUESTIONNAIRE; SCHOOL; SEATBELT; STATISTICAL MODEL; STUDENT; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT BEHAVIOR; CHILD; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; LEBANON; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; PARENT-CHILD RELATIONS; QUESTIONNAIRES; SCHOOLS; SEAT BELTS; STUDENTS;

EID: 78649294020     PISSN: 09574824     EISSN: 14602245     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/heapro/daq038     Document Type: Article

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