Is seat belt usage by front seat passengers related to seat belt usage by their drivers?

Journal of Safety Research

Volumn 38, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 545-555

  Nambisan, Shashi S ^a   Vasudevan, Vinod ^b  

^a IOWA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b University of Nevada Las Vegas   (United States)

Author keywords

Occupant protection; Occupant safety; Seat belt surveys; Seat belt use

Indexed keywords

AUTOMOBILE DRIVERS; EDUCATION; GROUND VEHICLES; INDUSTRIAL APPLICATIONS; SECURITY SYSTEMS; STATISTICAL METHODS;

OCCUPANT PROTECTION; OCCUPANT SAFETY; SEAT BELT SURVEYS; SEAT BELT USE;

AUTOMOBILE SEAT BELTS;

ARTICLE; CAR DRIVING; FEMALE; HEALTH EDUCATION; HUMAN; INJURY; LAW ENFORCEMENT; LEGAL ASPECT; MALE; OBSERVATION; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; RURAL POPULATION; SEATBELT; TRAFFIC ACCIDENT; UNITED STATES; URBAN POPULATION; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

ACCIDENTS, TRAFFIC; AUTOMOBILE DRIVING; FEMALE; HEALTH EDUCATION; HUMANS; LAW ENFORCEMENT; MALE; NEVADA; OBSERVATION; RURAL POPULATION; SEAT BELTS; URBAN POPULATION; WOUNDS AND INJURIES;

EID: 36248970233     PISSN: 00224375     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jsr.2007.06.002     Document Type: Article

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