Speaking about accidents: The ideology of auto safety

Health

Volumn 1, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 167-182

  Freund, Peter E S ^a,b   Martin Jr , George T ^a  

^a MONTCLAIR STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SURREY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Auto centered transport systems; Impaired agents; Risk; Technological failure; Traffic safety discourse

Indexed keywords

EID: 3042867318     PISSN: 13634593     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/136345939700100203     Document Type: Article

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