Does law enforcement awareness affect motorcycle helmet use? evidence from urban cities in Thailand

Global Health Promotion

Volumn 20, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 14-24

  Jiwattanakulpaisarn, Piyapong ^a,c   Kanitpong, Kunnawee ^b   Ponboon, Sattrawut ^b   Boontob, Nuttapong ^c   Aniwattakulchai, Pakorn ^b   Samranjit, Supattra ^b  

^a Ministry of Transport   (Thailand)

^b ASIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Thailand)

^c ThaiRoads Foundation   (Thailand)

Author keywords

Helmet use; Law enforcement; Motorcycle accident; Thailand

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARTICLE; AWARENESS; FEMALE; HELMET; HELMET USE; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; LAW ENFORCEMENT; LEGAL ASPECT; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOTORCYCLE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; SEX RATIO; STATISTICAL MODEL; STATISTICS; THAILAND; TRAFFIC ACCIDENT; URBAN POPULATION; UTILIZATION REVIEW; YOUNG ADULT;

HELMET USE; LAW ENFORCEMENT; MOTORCYCLE ACCIDENT; THAILAND;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AWARENESS; FEMALE; HEAD PROTECTIVE DEVICES; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; LAW ENFORCEMENT; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOTORCYCLES; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; SEX DISTRIBUTION; THAILAND; URBAN POPULATION; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84890227158     PISSN: 17579759     EISSN: 17579767     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1757975913499030     Document Type: Article

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