Mobile telephone use among Melbourne drivers: A preventable exposure to injury risk

Medical Journal of Australia

Volumn 179, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 140-142

  Taylor, David McD ^a   Bennett, Dianne M ^a   Carter, Michael ^a   Garewal, Devinder ^a  

^a ROYAL MELBOURNE HOSPITAL   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACCIDENT PREVENTION; ADULT; AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; CAR DRIVING; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRIVER; FEMALE; GENDER; GEOGRAPHY; HEALTH EDUCATION; HUMAN; INJURY; LAW; MALE; MOTOR VEHICLE; OCCUPATIONAL ACCIDENT; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PUBLIC HEALTH; RISK; TELEPHONE; TIME;

EID: 0041887163     PISSN: 0025729X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5694/j.1326-5377.2003.tb05472.x     Document Type: Article

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