Risky driving habits and motor vehicle driver injury

Accident Analysis and Prevention

Volumn 37, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 619-624

  Blows, Stephanie ^a   Ameratunga, Shanthi ^b   Ivers, Rebecca Q ^a   Lo, Sing Kai ^a   Norton, Robyn ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^b THE UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Motor vehicle injury; Risky driving; Traffic conviction; Young driver

Indexed keywords

ACCIDENT PREVENTION; DATA ACQUISITION; EPIDEMIOLOGY; HEALTH; HOSPITALS; ROADS AND STREETS; TRAFFIC CONTROL;

MOTOR VEHICLE INJURY; RISKY DRIVING; TRAFFIC CONVICTION; YOUNG DRIVERS;

VEHICLES;

ADDICTION; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARTICLE; CAR DRIVING; CRIME; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; EPIDEMIOLOGY; FEMALE; HIGH RISK BEHAVIOR; HUMAN; INJURY; LICENSING; MALE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; NEW ZEALAND; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTOR; SEATBELT; STATISTICS; TRAFFIC ACCIDENT; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

ACCIDENTS, TRAFFIC; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AUTOMOBILE DRIVING; CAUSALITY; CRIME; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; LICENSURE; MALE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; NEW ZEALAND; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTORS; RISK-TAKING; SEAT BELTS; SUBSTANCE-RELATED DISORDERS; WOUNDS AND INJURIES;

EID: 19944391383     PISSN: 00014575     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.aap.2005.03.003     Document Type: Article

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