Increasing motorist compliance and caution at stop signs

Journal of Applied Behavior Analysis

Volumn 34, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 185-193

  Van Houten, Ron ^a   Retting, Richard A ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

Prompts; Safety; Stop signs; Technology; Transportation safety

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CAR DRIVING; HUMAN; SAFETY; SYMBOLISM;

ADULT; AUTOMOBILE DRIVING; HUMANS; SAFETY; SYMBOLISM;

EID: 0035375679     PISSN: 00218855     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1901/jaba.2001.34-185     Document Type: Article

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