Factors related to seatbelt-wearing among rear-seat passengers in Malaysia

Accident Analysis and Prevention

Volumn 50, Issue , 2013, Pages 351-360

  Ng, Choy Peng ^a   Law, Teik Hua ^b   Wong, Shaw Voon ^c   Kulanthaya, S ^b  

^a NATIONAL DEFENCE UNIVERSITY OF MALAYSIA   (Malaysia)

^b UNIVERSITY PUTRA MALAYSIA   (Malaysia)

^c Taman Sentral Kajang ^*  (Malaysia)

Author keywords

Driving experience; Multinomial logistic regression; Rear seatbelt; Risk aversion

Indexed keywords

DRIVING EXPERIENCE; LOW LEVEL; MALAYSIA; MOTOR VEHICLE; MOTOR VEHICLE CRASHES; MULTINOMIAL LOGISTIC REGRESSION; POSITIVE CORRELATIONS; QUESTIONNAIRE SURVEYS; RISK AVERSION; SEAT BELT;

LOGISTICS; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; VEHICLES;

RISK PERCEPTION;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CAR DRIVING; FEMALE; HUMAN; INJURY; MALAYSIA; MALE; PREDICTIVE VALUE; QUESTIONNAIRE; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEATBELT; STATISTICAL MODEL; STATISTICS; TRAFFIC ACCIDENT; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

ACCIDENTS, TRAFFIC; ADULT; AUTOMOBILE DRIVING; FEMALE; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALAYSIA; MALE; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; QUESTIONNAIRES; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEAT BELTS; WOUNDS AND INJURIES;

EID: 84870293415     PISSN: 00014575     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.aap.2012.05.004     Document Type: Article

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