Shoulder belts in motor vehicle crashes: A statewide analysis of restraint efficacy

Accident Analysis and Prevention

Volumn 33, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 65-71

  Knight, Stacey ^a   Cook, Lawrence J ^a   Nechodom, Patricia J ^a   Olson, Lenora M ^a,b   Reading, James C ^a,b   Dean, J Michael ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF UTAH   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF UTAH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Ejection; Morbidity; Mortality; Motor vehicle crashes; Seatbelts; Shoulder belt

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CHILD; FEMALE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INJURY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD; METHODOLOGY; MORTALITY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK; SEATBELT; STATISTICAL MODEL; STATISTICS; TRAFFIC ACCIDENT; UNITED STATES; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

ACCIDENTS, TRAFFIC; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CHILD; FEMALE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD LINKAGE; ODDS RATIO; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEAT BELTS; STOCHASTIC PROCESSES; UTAH; WOUNDS AND INJURIES;

EID: 0035220410     PISSN: 00014575     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0001-4575(00)00016-6     Document Type: Article

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