Modeling the Impact of Rescinding Michigan's Primary and Secondary Seat Belt Laws on Death and Injury from Passenger Vehicle Crashes

Traffic Injury Prevention

Volumn 15, Issue 7, 2014, Pages 701-705

  Carter, Patrick M ^a,b   Flannagan, Carol A C ^b,c   Bingham, C Raymond ^a,b,c,d   Cunningham, Rebecca M ^a,b,d   Rupp, Jonathan D ^a,b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

injury prevention; motor vehicle crash; seat belt law

Indexed keywords

ACCIDENT PREVENTION; ARTICLE; CAR DRIVING; ECONOMICS; HUMAN; INJURY; LEGAL ASPECT; MORTALITY; MOTOR VEHICLE CRASH; SEAT BELT LAW; SEATBELT; STATISTICS; THEORETICAL MODEL; TRAFFIC ACCIDENT; UNITED STATES; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

INJURY PREVENTION; MOTOR VEHICLE CRASH; SEAT BELT LAW;

ACCIDENTS, TRAFFIC; AUTOMOBILE DRIVING; HUMANS; MICHIGAN; MODELS, THEORETICAL; SEAT BELTS; WOUNDS AND INJURIES;

EID: 84902653222     PISSN: 15389588     EISSN: 1538957X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/15389588.2013.865167     Document Type: Article

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