Road safety practices among commercial motorcyclists in a rural town in Nigeria: Implications for health education

International Quarterly of Community Health Education

Volumn 24, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 55-64

  Amoran, O E ^a   Eme, Owoaje ^a   Giwa, O A ^a   Gbolahan, O B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF IBADAN   (Nigeria)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; COMMERCIAL PHENOMENA; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; HEALTH EDUCATION; HELMET; HUMAN; LICENSING; MALE; MOTORCYCLE; NIGERIA; SAFETY; STATISTICS; TRAFFIC ACCIDENT;

ACCIDENTS, TRAFFIC; ADULT; COMMERCE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; HEAD PROTECTIVE DEVICES; HEALTH EDUCATION; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; LICENSURE; MALE; MOTORCYCLES; NIGERIA; SAFETY;

EID: 33644591445     PISSN: 0272684X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2190/8UCM-033U-2TBW-CLG9     Document Type: Article

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