Seat belt use in a developing country: Covert noncompliance with a primary enforcement law in Malaysia

Accident Analysis and Prevention

Volumn 29, Issue 5, 1997, Pages 695-697

  Hauswald, Mark ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW MEXICO SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Accidents; Protective devices; Seat belts; Traffic

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COOPERATION; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; HUMAN; INJURY; LEGAL ASPECT; MALAYSIA; OCCUPATIONAL ACCIDENT; SEATBELT; STATISTICS; TRAFFIC ACCIDENT; URBAN POPULATION; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

ACCIDENTS, OCCUPATIONAL; ACCIDENTS, TRAFFIC; COOPERATIVE BEHAVIOR; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; HUMANS; MALAYSIA; SEAT BELTS; URBAN POPULATION; WOUNDS AND INJURIES;

EID: 0031230018     PISSN: 00014575     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0001-4575(97)00004-3     Document Type: Article

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