Personality and risk-taking: A brief report on adolescent male drivers

Journal of Adolescence

Volumn 20, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 461-465

  Vavrik, John ^a  

^a Res Serv Dept of the Ins C   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; DRIVER; EPIDEMIOLOGY; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PERSONALITY; PREVENTION; RISK; TRAFFIC ACCIDENT;

EID: 0031214912     PISSN: 01401971     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/jado.1997.0100     Document Type: Article

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