Human factors in the causation of road traffic crashes

European Journal of Epidemiology

Volumn 16, Issue 9, 2000, Pages 819-826

  Petridou, Eleni ^a   Moustaki, Maria ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Greece)

Author keywords

Accident proneness; Driving behavior; Driving capability; Risk factors; Risk taking; Road traffic crashes

Indexed keywords

ACCIDENT PRONENESS; ARTICLE; DRINKING BEHAVIOR; DRIVING ABILITY; HUMAN; HUMAN FACTORS RESEARCH; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; RISK ASSESSMENT; TRAFFIC ACCIDENT;

ACCIDENT PRONENESS; ACCIDENTS, TRAFFIC; AGE FACTORS; AUTOMOBILE DRIVING; CAUSALITY; FATIGUE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HUMANS; MEDLINE; PHARMACEUTICAL PREPARATIONS; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS; RISK-TAKING; SUBSTANCE-RELATED DISORDERS; WOUNDS AND INJURIES;

EID: 0034469230     PISSN: 03932990     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1007649804201     Document Type: Article

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