Reconsidering the effects of seat belt laws and their enforcement status

Accident Analysis and Prevention

Volumn 30, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 1-10

  Dee, Thomas S ^a  

^a GEORGIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

Age; Alcohol use; Risk compensation; Seat belt laws; Selective recruitment; Traffic fatalities

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; ARTICLE; DRINKING BEHAVIOR; ETHNIC GROUP; FEMALE; HUMAN; LEGAL ASPECT; MALE; MORTALITY; SEATBELT; SEX DIFFERENCE; STATISTICAL MODEL; TRAFFIC ACCIDENT; UNITED STATES; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

ACCIDENTS, TRAFFIC; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; ALCOHOL DRINKING; ETHNIC GROUPS; FEMALE; HUMANS; LINEAR MODELS; MALE; SEAT BELTS; SEX FACTORS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0031611553     PISSN: 00014575     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0001-4575(97)00056-0     Document Type: Article

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