The impact of young drivers' lifestyle on their road traffic accident risk in greater Athens area

Accident Analysis and Prevention

Volumn 31, Issue 6, 1999, Pages 771-780

  Chliaoutakis, Joannes El ^a   Darviri, Christina ^b   Demakakos, Panayotes Th ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WEST ATTICA   (Greece)

^b Technol E ^*  (Greece)

Author keywords

Greece; Health promotion; Lifestyle; Road traffic accidents; Traffic accident risk; Young drivers

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; DRINKING BEHAVIOR; FACTORIAL ANALYSIS; FEMALE; GREECE; HUMAN; LIFESTYLE; MALE; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; STATISTICAL MODEL; STATISTICS; TRAFFIC ACCIDENT;

ACCIDENTS, TRAFFIC; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ALCOHOL DRINKING; FACTOR ANALYSIS, STATISTICAL; FEMALE; GREECE; HUMANS; LIFE STYLE; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 0033226790     PISSN: 00014575     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0001-4575(99)00040-8     Document Type: Article

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