Relationship of seat belt use to health and driver behaviors

Transportation Research Part F: Traffic Psychology and Behaviour

Volumn 12, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 235-241

  Şimşekoǧlu, Özlem ^a   Lajunen, Timo ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

^b MIDDLE EAST TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Driver behaviors; Health behaviors; Seat belt use

Indexed keywords

ACCIDENTS; AUTOMOBILE SEAT BELTS; ERRORS; HEALTH; REGRESSION ANALYSIS;

DRIVER BEHAVIOR; DRIVING ERRORS; HEALTH AND DRIVING; HEALTH BEHAVIORS; HEALTHY DIET; MEAN AGES; ROAD VEHICLES; SEAT BELT USE;

BEHAVIORAL RESEARCH;

EID: 64749102744     PISSN: 13698478     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.trf.2008.12.001     Document Type: Article

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