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Seat belt use among rear passengers: validity of self-reported versus observational measures
BMC Public Health, 2008 Background The effects of seat belt laws and public education campaigns on seat belt use are assessed on the basis of observational or self-reported data on seat belt use.
Schievano Elena +5 more
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European Journal of Vascular and Endovascular Surgery, 2015 A 23 year old woman was admitted after a road trafficaccident.Initialexaminationshowedaseatbelthematomaonthe abdomen. A CT scan showed a compression-distractionfracture (type B injury) of the third lumbar vertebra withdisplacementinthespinalcanal.Additionally,theabdominalaortashowed irregularcontours, but no active bleeding.Thepre-operative MRA confirmed
Koter, S.H., Cohnert, T.U.
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Seat belt sign and its significance
Journal of Family Medicine and Primary Care, 2013 Safety belts are the most important safety system in motor vehicles and when worn intend to prevent serious injuries. However, in unusual circumstances (high velocity motor vehicle collisions) these safety measures (seat belts) can be the source and ...
Amit Agrawal +2 more
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Critical Care Innovations, 2020 INTRODUCTION: Road traffic accidents is a major public health problem with an estimate to become the ninth leading cause of death worldwide. Pakistan yearly spends around 100 billion rupees on injuries and ranks 5th due to the fatality associated with ...
Abdul Khaliq +7 more
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Pattern of seat belt use by drivers in Trinidad and Tobago, West Indies
BMC Research Notes, 2011 Background In Trinidad and Tobago, the law on the mandatory use of seat belts was passed in 1995, but this law is hardly enforced. The objective of this study was to determine the frequency and predictors of seat belt use by motor vehicle drivers in the ...
Odekunle Abayomi +2 more
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Using Active Seat Belt Retractions to Mitigate Motion Sickness in Automated Driving
Vehicles, 2022 The introduction of automated-driving functions provides passengers with the opportunity to engage in non-driving related tasks during the ride. However, this benefit might be compromised by an increased incidence of motion sickness.
Christina Kremer +3 more
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Annals of Vascular Surgery, 1990 This review of 11 cases of seat-belt associated blunt abdominal aortic trauma, includes nine cases reported in the literature and two new cases. Lap-type seat belts were the cause of this injury in eight of the 11 patients (73%). Clinical presentation was acute in 73% of the cases, with symptoms of acute arterial insufficiency, or an acute abdomen or ...
M P, Randhawa, J O, Menzoian
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BMC Research Notes, 2019 Objective Road traffic injuries are the major and neglected public health challenges. It causes 1.2 million deaths and 50 million injuries yearly and the use of seat belt reduces 60% of the cases. However, little is known about the magnitude of utilizing
Manay K. Woldegebriel +2 more
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The Reluctance of taxi drivers to use seat belts. Observed and self-reported behavior in Argentine.
Avances en Psicología Latinoamericana, 2023 Although taxi drivers are more exposed to traffic crashes, they usually exhibit riskier behaviors and more negative attitudes toward road safety. For example, previous research suggests that they are particularly reluctant to wear seat belts.
Jeremías David Tosi +3 more
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MACRO MODEL OF SEAT BELT USE BY CAR DRIVERS AND PASSENGERS [PDF]
Transport Problems, 2013 The article presents some problems of seat belt use by car drivers and passengers. It looks in particular at seat belt use and effectiveness in selected countries. Next, factors of seat belt use are presented and methodology of model development. A macro
Kazimierz JAMROZ
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