Aggression, violence, and vengeance among male and female drivers

Transportation Quarterly

Volumn 56, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 65-75

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

^a BUFFALO STATE COLLEGE   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACCIDENT PREVENTION; SAFETY FACTOR; TRAFFIC CONTROL;

AGGRESSION;

AUTOMOBILE DRIVERS;

EID: 0036760595     PISSN: 02789434     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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