Seat belt use among rear passengers: Validity of self-reported versus observational measures

BMC Public Health

Volumn 8, Issue , 2008, Pages

  Zambon, Francesco ^a   Fedeli, Ugo ^a   Marchesan, Maria ^a   Schievano, Elena ^a   Ferro, Antonio ^b   Spolaore, Paolo ^a  

^a Ospedale 18   (Italy)

^b Public Health Department   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHI SQUARE TEST; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; ITALY; NORMAL HUMAN; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; PREVALENCE; SEATBELT; SELF REPORT; SEX DIFFERENCE; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; TRAFFIC SAFETY; VALIDITY; CAR DRIVING; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; FEMALE; LAW ENFORCEMENT; LEGAL ASPECT; MALE; OBSERVATION; SEX RATIO; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

AUTOMOBILE DRIVING; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; ITALY; LAW ENFORCEMENT; MALE; OBSERVATION; PREVALENCE; SEAT BELTS; SEX DISTRIBUTION;

EID: 48249127642     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712458     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2458-8-233     Document Type: Article

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