American Journal of Preventive Medicine
Volume 35, Issue 3 , Pages 224-229 , September 2008

Driver and Passenger Seatbelt Use Among U.S. High School Students

  • Nathaniel C. Briggs, MD, MSc

      Affiliations

    • Division of Preventive Medicine, Department of Family and Community Medicine, Meharry Medical College, Nashville, Tennessee
    • Corresponding Author InformationAddress correspondence and reprint requests to: Nathaniel C. Briggs, MD, MSc, Department of Family and Community Medicine, Meharry Medical College, 1005 Dr. DB Todd Jr Boulevard, Nashville TN 37208-3599.
    • ,
  • E. Warren Lambert, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Kennedy Center, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, Tennessee
    • ,
  • Irwin A. Goldzweig, MSc

      Affiliations

    • Division of Preventive Medicine, Department of Family and Community Medicine, Meharry Medical College, Nashville, Tennessee
    • ,
  • Robert S. Levine, MD

      Affiliations

    • Division of Preventive Medicine, Department of Family and Community Medicine, Meharry Medical College, Nashville, Tennessee
    • ,
  • Rueben C. Warren, DDS, DrPH

      Affiliations

    • Department of Community Medicine/Preventive Medicine, Morehouse School of Medicine, Atlanta, Georgia

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PII: S0749-3797(08)00521-7

doi: 10.1016/j.amepre.2008.03.038

American Journal of Preventive Medicine
Volume 35, Issue 3 , Pages 224-229 , September 2008

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