Traffic accidents under the effect of the Gulf crisis

Safety Science

Volumn 33, Issue 1-2, 1999, Pages 59-68

  Hamed, M M ^a   Al Eideh, B M ^a   Al Sharif, M M ^a  

^a JORDAN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Jordan)

Author keywords

Gulf crisis; Returnees; Traffic accidents

Indexed keywords

ESTIMATION; HIGHWAY ACCIDENTS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS;

ESTIMATION DIFFUSION MODEL;

ACCIDENT PREVENTION;

ARTICLE; ASSAY; DIFFUSION; HUMAN; JORDAN; METHODOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TRAFFIC; TRAFFIC ACCIDENT; WAR;

EID: 0032786685     PISSN: 09257535     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0925-7535(99)00024-7     Document Type: Article

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