Seatbelt legislation in Japan: High risk driver mortality and seatbelt use

Injury Prevention

Volumn 9, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 29-32

  Nakahara, Shinji ^a   Ichikawa, M ^a   Wakai, S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; BICYCLE; CHILD; HUMAN; INFANT; JAPAN; LEGAL ASPECT; MORTALITY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; RISK FACTOR; SEATBELT; STATISTICS; TRAFFIC ACCIDENT; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

ACCIDENTS, TRAFFIC; ADOLESCENT; BICYCLING; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; HUMANS; INFANT; JAPAN; RISK FACTORS; SEAT BELTS;

EID: 0038024065     PISSN: 13538047     EISSN: 14755785     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/ip.9.1.29     Document Type: Article

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