Risky business: Safety regulations, risk compensation, and individual behavior

Injury Prevention

Volumn 6, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 82-89

  Hedlund, James ^a  

^a Highway Safety North ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CAR DRIVING; HELMET; HIGH RISK BEHAVIOR; HUMAN; LEGAL ASPECT; MOTORCYCLE; POLICY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEATBELT; TRAFFIC ACCIDENT; UNITED KINGDOM; UNITED STATES;

ACCIDENTS, TRAFFIC; AUTOMOBILE DRIVING; ENGLAND; HEAD PROTECTIVE DEVICES; HUMANS; MOTORCYCLES; PUBLIC POLICY; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK-TAKING; SEAT BELTS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0034203482     PISSN: 13538047     EISSN: 14755785     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/ip.6.2.82     Document Type: Review

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