A spatial and temporal analysis of safety-belt usage and safety-belt laws

Accident Analysis and Prevention

Volumn 36, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 551-560

  Majumdar, Arnab ^a   Noland, Robert B ^a   Ochieng, Washington Y ^a  

^a IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Autocorrelation; Geostatistics; Safety belt laws; Spatial statistics

Indexed keywords

BELTS; HIGHWAY ACCIDENTS; LAWS AND LEGISLATION; TRAFFIC CONTROL;

GEOSTATISTICS; SAFETY-BELT LAWS;

ACCIDENT PREVENTION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CAR DRIVING; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; HUMAN; LEGAL ASPECT; MIDDLE AGED; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SEATBELT; STATISTICAL MODEL; UNITED STATES; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AUTOMOBILE DRIVING; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; HUMANS; LEAST-SQUARES ANALYSIS; MIDDLE AGED; MODELS, STATISTICAL; SEAT BELTS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 1942473177     PISSN: 00014575     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0001-4575(03)00061-7     Document Type: Article

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