Disparities in safety belt use by sexual orientation identity among US high school students

American Journal of Public Health

Volumn 104, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 311-318

  Reisner, Sari L ^a,c   Van Wagenen, Aimee ^c   Gordon, Allegra ^a   Calzo, Jerel P ^b,d  

^a HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^b HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^c FENWAY INSTITUTE   (United States)

^d BOSTON CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; AGE; ARTICLE; BINGE DRINKING; DEPRESSION; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HIGH RISK BEHAVIOR; HUMAN; MALE; PREVALENCE; SEATBELT; SEX DIFFERENCE; SEXUALITY; SOCIOECONOMICS; STATISTICS; UNITED STATES; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

ADOLESCENT; AGE FACTORS; BINGE DRINKING; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HUMANS; MALE; PREVALENCE; RISK-TAKING; SEAT BELTS; SEX FACTORS; SEXUALITY; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84893405508     PISSN: 00900036     EISSN: 15410048     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2105/AJPH.2013.301745     Document Type: Article

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