Environmental and psychosocial factors affecting seat belt use among Turkish front-seat occupants in Ankara: Two observation studies

Traffic Injury Prevention

Volumn 9, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 264-267

  Şimşekoǧlu, Özlem ^a   Lajunen, Timo ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

^b MIDDLE EAST TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Factors Affecting Seat Belt Use; Front Seat Occupants; Observation Study; Seat Belt Use; Turkey

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CAR DRIVING; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OBSERVATION; PSYCHOLOGY; SEATBELT; TURKEY (REPUBLIC); UTILIZATION REVIEW;

ADULT; AUTOMOBILE DRIVING; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OBSERVATION; PSYCHOLOGY; SEAT BELTS; TURKEY;

EID: 45849124199     PISSN: 15389588     EISSN: 1538957X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/15389580801966508     Document Type: Article

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