Taxi driver seat belt wearing in Nanjing, China

Journal of Safety Research

Volumn 40, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 449-454

  Routley, Virginia ^a   Ozanne Smith, Joan ^a   Qin, Yu ^b   Wu, Ming ^b  

^a MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

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

Author keywords

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

Indexed keywords

DRIVER SEAT; FOCUS GROUPS; INNOVATIVE STRATEGIES; INTERVIEW SURVEY; JIANGSU PROVINCE; NANJING; NANJING , CHINA; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH AND SAFETY; RESEARCH METHODS; ROAD SAFETY; SAFETY BELT; SEAT BELT; SEAT BELT USE; TAXI DRIVERS; WEARING RATE;

AUTOMOBILE DRIVERS; AUTOMOBILE PARTS AND EQUIPMENT; AUTOMOBILE SEATS; FLUORINE CONTAINING POLYMERS; INDUSTRIAL HYGIENE; OCCUPATIONAL RISKS; ROADSIDES;

AUTOMOBILE SEAT BELTS;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CAR DRIVING; CHINA; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; MALE; SEATBELT; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

ADULT; AUTOMOBILE DRIVING; CHINA; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; MALE; SEAT BELTS;

EID: 71549133348     PISSN: 00224375     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jsr.2009.10.004     Document Type: Article

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