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Individual Control of Risk: Seat Belt Use, Subjective Norms and the Theory of Reasoned Action [PDF]

, 1993
When faced with a risk for which an inexpensive solution is available, individuals often choose the risk rather than the solution. Protection from certain kinds of risks, e.g., using seat belts or condoms or insulating against radon, is largely under ...
Boehm, Kenneth D., Field, Juanita V., Sullivan, Jessica L., Vincent, Kevin M.   +3 more
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IJCM_246A: Estimating the prevalence of seat belt usage in motor cars: A descriptive cross-sectional study in Mangalore

Indian Journal of Community Medicine
Background: Every year 1.25 million people die of road traffic accidents. Several safety measures can be taken to prevent RTAs. The SDG 2030 set the target to halve the number of global death and injuries from road traffic accidents by the year 2020. The
Animesh Jain, Priya Rathi, Mnnat Gill, Isha Nirgudkar, Apoorva Hegde, Yuvraj Gulati, Kaavya Khatri   +6 more
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Facial trauma in the largest city in Latin America, São Paulo, 15 years after the enactment of the compulsory seat belt law

Clinics, 2010
Traffic accidents are a reality throughout Brazil. The face is one of the anatomic parts most affected by these accidents, especially when a seat belt is not used.
Tarley Eloy Pessoa de Barros, Gabriel Denser Campolongo, Talita Zanluqui, Dayane Duarte   +3 more
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Potential mechanisms underlying the decision to use a seat belt: a literature review [PDF]

, 2015
The purpose of this literature review was to serve as the background knowledgebase for a 5-year cooperative agreement between NHTSA and the University of Michigan. This discretionary cooperative agreement is intended to study promising lines of research
Alaittar, Laith, Aremia, Meghann, Eby, David W., Jans, Matthew, Killmer, Benjamin, Molnar, Lisa J.   +5 more
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Would those who need ISA, use it? Investigating the relationship between drivers' speed choice and their use of a voluntary ISA system [PDF]

, 2006
Intelligent Speed Adaptation (ISA) is one of the most promising new technologies for reducing the prevalence and severity of speed-related accidents. Such a system could be implemented in a number of ways, representing various "levels of control" over ...
Comte, Connolly, De Waard, Evans, Evans, Hjälmdahl, Keenan, Lund, Parker, Pau, Samantha Jamson, Scuffham, Van der Laan, Várhelyi, Williams, Åberg   +15 more
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Comparison of traffic collision victims between older and younger drivers in South Korea: Epidemiologic characteristics, risk factors and types of collisions.

PLoS ONE, 2019
ObjectiveThis study aimed to show the epidemiological characteristics and the difference in the risk factors and types of collision between older and younger drivers in Korea.MethodsWe collected data from the Emergency Department-based Injury In-depth ...
Jae Yun Ahn, Hyun Wook Ryoo, Jung Bae Park, Jong Kun Kim, Mi Jin Lee, Dong Eun Lee, Kang Suk Seo, Yun Jeong Kim, Sungbae Moon   +8 more
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Seatbelt paths of the pregnant women sitting in the rear seat of a motor vehicle

Chinese Journal of Traumatology, 2017
Purpose: Seatbelt use during pregnancy is important to improve maternal and fetal survival after motor vehicle collisions. However, because the rear seatbelt of a motor vehicle tends to make contact with the neck, even if it is adequately used, some ...
Masahito Hitosugi, Takeshi Koseki, Yuka Kinugasa, Tomokazu Hariya, Genta Maeda, Yasuki Motozawa   +5 more
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Risk homeostasis theory - A study of intrinsic compensation [PDF]

, 1996
Risk homeostasis theory (RHT) suggests that changes made to the intrinsic risk of environments are negated in one of three ways: behavioural adjustments within the environment, mode migration, and avoidance of the physical risk.
Adams, Bohlin, Bohlin, Bohlin, Chodkiewicz, Crawford, Evans, Foldvary, Harris, Hoyes, Hurst, Kaukinen, Lund, Lund, Mittenecker, Neville A. Stanton, Näätänen, O'Neill, R.G. Taylor, Smith, Thomas W. Hoyes, Tränkle, Veling, Wasielewski, Wilde, Wilde, Wilde, Wilde, Wilde   +28 more
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For Whom Didn’t It Click? A Study of the Non-Use of Seat Belts in Motor Vehicle Fatalities in New Zealand

Journal of Road Safety, 2019
There is an increased risk of death or serious injury for occupants who did not wear a seat belt in a crash. In New Zealand, between 2006 and 2016, the non-use of seat belts accounted for 19-30% of the overall motor vehicle road deaths, and this figure ...
Lily Hirsch, Hamish Mackie, Richard Scott, John de Pont, Simon Douglas, Dylan Thomsen   +5 more
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Fabrication and characterisation of sandwich composites of glass fiber skin and polyurethane foamreinforced coconut coir fiber core [PDF]

, 2012
Kajian ini tertumpu kepada fabrikasi dan perincian ke atas komposit sandwic berpermukaan komposit gentian kaca dan berteras busa poliuretana yang diperkuat gentian sabut kelapa.
Azmi, Mohd Azham
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