Effectiveness of safety belts and Hierarchical Bayesian analysis of their relative use

Safety Science

Volumn 43, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 91-103

  Abdalla, Ibrahim M ^a  

^a UNITED ARAB EMIRATES UNIVERSITY   (United Arab Emirates)

Author keywords

Hierarchical Bayes; Rates; Safety belt

Indexed keywords

ACCIDENT PREVENTION; CRASHWORTHINESS; DATA ACQUISITION; DATA REDUCTION; HIERARCHICAL SYSTEMS; STANDARDS;

BAYESIAN ANALYSIS; ETHNIC GROUPS; FATALITY; SAFETY BELT USE RATES (SBR);

AUTOMOBILE SEAT BELTS;

ADULT; ANALYTIC METHOD; ARTICLE; BAYES THEOREM; CONTROLLED STUDY; DUBAI; ETHNIC GROUP; FATALITY; HUMAN; INJURY; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEATBELT; STANDARDIZATION; TRAFFIC SAFETY;

EID: 16244389310     PISSN: 09257535     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ssci.2005.02.003     Document Type: Article

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