The relationship between drinking habits and safe driving behaviors

Transportation Research Part F: Traffic Psychology and Behaviour

Volumn 2, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 15-26

  Schechtman, Edna ^a   Shinar, David ^a   C Compton, Richard ^b  

^a BEN GURION UNIVERSITY OF THE NEGEV   (Israel)

^b NATIONAL HIGHWAY TRAFFIC SAFETY ADMINISTRATION   (United States)

Author keywords

Drinking and driving; Safety belts; Speeding

Indexed keywords

EID: 0040945120     PISSN: 13698478     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1369-8478(99)00004-2     Document Type: Article

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