Barriers to life jacket use among adult recreational boaters

Injury Prevention

Volumn 20, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 244-250

  Quistberg, D Alex ^a,b   Quan, Linda ^a,b,c   Ebel, Beth E ^a,b,c,d   Bennett, Elizabeth E ^c   Mueller, Beth A ^a,d,e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c SEATTLE CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^e Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DRINKING BEHAVIOR; DROWNING; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROTECTIVE CLOTHING; RECREATION; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RISK FACTOR; SHIP; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; UTILIZATION; WASHINGTON;

ADULT; AGED; ALCOHOL DRINKING; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DROWNING; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROTECTIVE CLOTHING; RECREATION; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RISK FACTORS; SHIPS; WASHINGTON;

EID: 84904691093     PISSN: 13538047     EISSN: 14755785     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/injuryprev-2013-040973     Document Type: Article

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