Unsafe driving in North American automobile commercials

Journal of Public Health

Volumn 27, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 318-325

  Shin, Phillip C ^a   Hallett, David ^b   Chipman, Mary L ^c   Tator, Charles ^d,e   Granton, John T ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^b MOUNT SINAI HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^d UNIVERSITY HEALTH NETWORK   (Canada)

^e NONE   (Canada)

Author keywords

Automobile advertising; Motor vehicle crashes; Trauma

Indexed keywords

ADVERTIZING; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR; CANADA; CAR; CAR DRIVING; DRIVER; DRIVING ABILITY; ECONOMICS; GENDER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SAFETY; TELECOMMUNICATION; TRAFFIC ACCIDENT; UNITED STATES; VELOCITY;

ACCIDENTS, TRAFFIC; ADVERTISING; AUTOMOBILE DRIVING; CANADA; EVALUATION STUDIES; HUMANS; RISK-TAKING; SAFETY; TELEVISION; UNITED STATES;

EID: 28644443712     PISSN: 17413842     EISSN: 17413850     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/pubmed/fdi049     Document Type: Article

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