China belting up or down? Seat belt wearing trends in Nanjing and Zhoushan

Accident Analysis and Prevention

Volumn 40, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 1850-1858

  Routley, Virginia ^a   Ozanne Smith, Joan ^a   Li, Dan ^b   Yu, Min ^c   Wang, Jianyue ^d   Zhang, Junhe ^d   Tong, Zhendong ^d   Wu, Ming ^e   Wang, Peihua ^e   Qin, Yu ^e  

^a MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (United States)

^c ZHEJIANG PROVINCIAL CENTER FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (China)

^d Forestry Institute of Zhoushan City   (China)

^e JIANGSU PROVINCIAL CENTER FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (China)

Author keywords

China; Restraint; Road safety; Safety belt; Seat belt; Seatbelt

Indexed keywords

AUTOMOBILE DRIVERS; AUTOMOBILE SEAT BELTS; AUTOMOBILE SEATS; LAWS AND LEGISLATION;

CHINA; RESTRAINT; ROAD SAFETY; SAFETY BELT; SEAT BELT;

AUTOMOBILE PARTS AND EQUIPMENT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE; ARTICLE; CAR DRIVING; CHILD; CHINA; CITY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; LEGAL ASPECT; MALE; RISK; SEATBELT; SEX DIFFERENCE; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AUTOMOBILE DRIVING; CHILD; CHINA; CITIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; ODDS RATIO; SEAT BELTS; SEX FACTORS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 54949086303     PISSN: 00014575     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.aap.2008.08.007     Document Type: Article

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