Motor vehicle crash fatalities in states with primary versus secondary seat belt laws: A time-series analysis

Annals of Internal Medicine

Volumn 163, Issue 3, 2015, Pages 184-190

  Lee, Lois K ^a   Monuteaux, Michael C ^a   Burghardt, Lindsey C ^b   Fleegler, Eric W ^a   Nigrovic, Lise E ^a   Meehan, William P ^a   Schutzman, Sara A ^a   Mannix, Rebekah ^a  

^a BOSTON CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b Milton Pediatric Associ   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; CHILD; CONFERENCE PAPER; FATALITY; GROUPS BY AGE; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; LAW ENFORCEMENT; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SEATBELT; TIME SERIES ANALYSIS; TRAFFIC ACCIDENT; EPIDEMIOLOGY; FEMALE; LEGISLATION AND JURISPRUDENCE; MALE; MORTALITY; UNITED STATES; YOUNG ADULT;

ACCIDENTS, TRAFFIC; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CHILD; FEMALE; HUMANS; LAW ENFORCEMENT; MALE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEAT BELTS; UNITED STATES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84938795552     PISSN: 00034819     EISSN: 15393704     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7326/M14-2368     Document Type: Conference Paper

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