Socioeconomic background and road traffic injuries: A study of young car drivers in Sweden

Traffic Injury Prevention

Volumn 4, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 249-254

  Hasselberg, Marie ^a   Laflamme, Lucie ^a  

^a KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Driver Education; Health Inequality; Road Traffic Injury; Socioeconomic Position; Young Driver

Indexed keywords

ACCIDENT PREVENTION; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; DRIVER; EDUCATION PROGRAM; HUMAN; INCOME; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; SOCIOECONOMICS; SWEDEN; TRAFFIC ACCIDENT;

ACCIDENTS, TRAFFIC; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AUTOMOBILE DRIVING; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; RISK REDUCTION BEHAVIOR; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; SWEDEN;

EID: 0141538261     PISSN: 15389588     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/15389580309882     Document Type: Article

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