The effect of seatbelt legislation on hospital admissions with road traffic injuries in an oil-rich, fast-developing country

International Journal of Injury Control and Safety Promotion

Volumn 14, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 103-107

  Bener, Abdulbari ^a,b   Al Humoud, Suhail M Q ^a   Price, Penny ^a   Azhar, Abdulaziz ^a   Khalid, Muayad K ^a   Rysavy, Martin ^a   Crundall, David ^c  

^a HAMAD GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Qatar)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Fatalities; Injuries; Legislation; Qatar; Road traffic crashes; Seat belt

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CAR DRIVING; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; FEMALE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INJURY; LEGAL ASPECT; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; QATAR; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SEATBELT; STATISTICS; TRAFFIC ACCIDENT;

ACCIDENTS, TRAFFIC; ADULT; AUTOMOBILE DRIVING; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; FEMALE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; QATAR; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEAT BELTS; WOUNDS AND INJURIES;

EID: 34547809967     PISSN: 17457300     EISSN: 17457319     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/17457300701212033     Document Type: Article

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