Seat-belt use still low in Kuwait: Self-reported driving behaviours among adult drivers

International Journal of Injury Control and Safety Promotion

Volumn 21, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 328-337

  Raman, Sudha R ^a   Ottensmeyer, C Andrea ^b   Landry, Michel D ^c,d   Alfadhli, Jarrah ^e   Procter, Steven ^f   Jacobg, Susan ^e   Hamdan, Elham ^d   Bouhaimed, Manal ^e  

^a DUKE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b St John's Rehabilitation Hospital   (Canada)

^c DUKE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d Fawzia Sultan Rehabilitation Institute   (Kuwait)

^e KUWAIT UNIVERSITY   (Kuwait)

^f Totum Life Science   (Canada)

Author keywords

Distracted driving; Kuwait; Road traffic crashes; Seat belt; Self reported data

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE; CAR DRIVING; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; EPIDEMIOLOGY; FEMALE; HUMAN; KUWAIT; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PSYCHOLOGY; QUESTIONNAIRE; SEATBELT; SEX DIFFERENCE; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; UTILIZATION; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AUTOMOBILE DRIVING; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; KUWAIT; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; QUESTIONNAIRES; SEAT BELTS; SEX FACTORS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84937679500     PISSN: 17457300     EISSN: 17457319     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/17457300.2013.826698     Document Type: Article

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