Influence of an enforcement campaign on seat-belt and helmet wearing, Karachi-Hala Highway, Pakistan

Annals of Advances in Automotive Medicine

Volumn 55, Issue , 2011, Pages 65-70

  Bhatti, Junaid A ^a   Ejaz, Kiran ^a   Razzak, Junaid A ^a   Tunio, Israr Ali ^b   Sodhar, Irshad ^b  

^a AGA KHAN UNIVERSITY   (Pakistan)

^b NONE   (Pakistan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AUTOMOBILE SEAT BELTS; BELTS; MEDICINE; MOTORCYCLES; SAFETY DEVICES; TOLL HIGHWAYS;

AWARENESS CAMPAIGNS; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; HEAVIER VEHICLES; HEAVY VEHICLE; MOTORIZED VEHICLES; STANDARD DEVIATION; TRAFFIC ENFORCEMENT; VEHICLE TYPES;

LAW ENFORCEMENT;

AWARENESS; CAR; HELMET; HUMAN; PAKISTAN; SEATBELT; TRAFFIC ACCIDENT;

ACCIDENTS, TRAFFIC; AUTOMOBILES; AWARENESS; HEAD PROTECTIVE DEVICES; HUMANS; PAKISTAN; SEAT BELTS;

EID: 84055193476     PISSN: 19432461     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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