Trends in life jacket wear among recreational boaters: A dozen years (1999-2010) of US observational data

Journal of Public Health Policy

Volumn 33, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 59-74

  Mangione, Thomas W ^a   Chow, Wendy ^a   Nguyen, Jennifer ^b  

^a JOHN SNOW INC   (United States)

^b HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

boating safety; life jacket wear trends; personal flotation device

Indexed keywords

ACCIDENT PREVENTION; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CHILD; DROWNING; HUMAN; INFANT; LEGAL ASPECT; MIDDLE AGED; NEWBORN; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PREVALENCE; PROTECTIVE EQUIPMENT; SHIP; STATISTICS; UNITED STATES; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

ACCIDENT PREVENTION; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DROWNING; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MIDDLE AGED; PREVALENCE; PROTECTIVE DEVICES; SHIPS; UNITED STATES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84856423982     PISSN: 01975897     EISSN: 1745655X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1057/jphp.2011.55     Document Type: Article

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