Safety belt laws and disparities in safety belt use among US high-school drivers

American Journal of Public Health

Volumn 102, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 1128-1134

  García España, J Felipe ^a   Winston, Flaura K ^a,b   Durbin, Dennis R ^a,b  

^a CHILDREN S HOSPITAL OF PHILADELPHIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; AFRICAN AMERICAN; ARTICLE; CAR DRIVING; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTELLECTUAL IMPAIRMENT; LEGAL ASPECT; MALE; MOTOR VEHICLE; PREVALENCE; RURAL POPULATION; SCHOOL; SEATBELT; SOCIOECONOMICS; STATISTICS; STUDENT; UNITED STATES; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

ADOLESCENT; AFRICAN AMERICANS; AUTOMOBILE DRIVING; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTELLECTUAL DISABILITY; MALE; MOTOR VEHICLES; PREVALENCE; RURAL POPULATION; SCHOOLS; SEAT BELTS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; STUDENTS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84862535412     PISSN: 00900036     EISSN: 15410048     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2105/AJPH.2011.300493     Document Type: Review

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