Driver distance from the steering wheel: Perception and objective measurement

American Journal of Public Health

Volumn 89, Issue 7, 1999, Pages 1109-1111

  Segui Gomez, Maria ^a   Levy, Jonathan ^a   Roman, Henry ^a   Thompson, Kimberly M ^a   McCabe, Kathleen ^a   Graham, John D ^a  

^a HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; DISTANCE PERCEPTION; DRIVER; DRIVING ABILITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; PROTECTIVE EQUIPMENT; RISK ASSESSMENT; SAFETY; TRAFFIC ACCIDENT;

EID: 0033361079     PISSN: 00900036     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2105/AJPH.89.7.1109     Document Type: Article

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