Gender, driver aggression, and driver violence: An applied evaluation

Sex Roles

Volumn 44, Issue 11-12, 2001, Pages 661-676

  Hennessy, Dwight A ^a   Wiesenthal, David L ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY AT BUFFALO   (United States)

^b NONE

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EID: 0035354493     PISSN: 03600025     EISSN: 15732762     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1012246213617     Document Type: Article

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