High levels of incorrect use of car seat belts and child restraints in Fife - An important and under-recognised road safety issue

Injury Prevention

Volumn 3, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 17-22

  Campbell, Harry ^a   Macdonald, Sheena ^b   Richardson, Paul ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^b Centre Health and Social Research   (United Kingdom)

^c Fife Police   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Car occupant restraints seat belts; Road safety; Road traffic accidents

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CHILD; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; EQUIPMENT; HEALTH; HUMAN; INFANT; LEGAL ASPECT; MIDDLE AGED; NEWBORN; PILOT STUDY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; QUESTIONNAIRE; SEATBELT; TRAFFIC ACCIDENT; UNITED KINGDOM;

ACCIDENTS, TRAFFIC; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT EQUIPMENT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MIDDLE AGED; PILOT PROJECTS; QUESTIONNAIRES; SCOTLAND; SEAT BELTS; URBAN HEALTH;

EID: 0031089563     PISSN: 13538047     EISSN: 14755785     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/ip.3.1.17     Document Type: Article

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