Road traffic practices among a cohort of young adults in New Zealand

New Zealand Medical Journal

Volumn 112, Issue 1080, 1999, Pages 9-12

  Begg, Dorothy J ^a   Langley, John D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CAR DRIVING; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DRINKING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; HIGH RISK BEHAVIOR; HUMAN; MALE; NEW ZEALAND; TRAFFIC ACCIDENT;

ACCIDENTS, TRAFFIC; ADULT; ALCOHOL DRINKING; AUTOMOBILE DRIVING; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; NEW ZEALAND; RISK-TAKING;

EID: 0033593158     PISSN: 00288446     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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