Seatbelt non-use and car crash injury: An interview study

Traffic Injury Prevention

Volumn 6, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 117-119

  Blows, Stephanie ^a,c   Ivers, Rebecca Q ^a   Connor, Jennie ^b   Ameratunga, Shanthi ^b   Woodward, Mark ^a   Norton, Robyn ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND   (New Zealand)

^c ROYAL PRINCE ALFRED HOSPITAL   (Australia)

Author keywords

Case Control Study; Seatbelts; Traffic Injury

Indexed keywords

ACCIDENT PREVENTION; ARTICLE; CALCULATION; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; FATALITY; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; INJURY; INTERVIEW; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NEW ZEALAND; POPULATION RESEARCH; RANDOMIZATION; RISK FACTOR; SEATBELT; TRAFFIC ACCIDENT;

ACCIDENTS, TRAFFIC; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS; MALE; RISK FACTORS; SEAT BELTS; WOUNDS AND INJURIES;

EID: 20444431232     PISSN: 15389588     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/15389580590931572     Document Type: Article

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