Look what I can do while I'm driving: Implications for road safety in Australia

Medical Journal of Australia

Volumn 187, Issue 8, 2007, Pages 428-429

  McEvoy, Suzanne P ^a  

^a GEORGE INSTITUTE FOR INTERNATIONAL HEALTH   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACCIDENT PREVENTION; AUSTRALIA; AWARENESS; CAR DRIVING; E-MAIL; EDITORIAL; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; GLOBAL POSITIONING SYSTEM; HUMAN; INFORMATION DISSEMINATION; LAW ENFORCEMENT; MASS MEDIUM; MOBILE PHONE; MUSIC; PERSONAL DIGITAL ASSISTANT; RISK BENEFIT ANALYSIS; SEATBELT; TASK PERFORMANCE; TECHNOLOGY; TRAFFIC ACCIDENT; TRAFFIC SAFETY; VIDEORECORDING; WIRELESS COMMUNICATION; NOTE; SAFETY;

AUSTRALIA; AUTOMOBILE DRIVING; HUMANS; SAFETY; TECHNOLOGY;

EID: 38449111878     PISSN: 0025729X     EISSN: 13265377     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5694/j.1326-5377.2007.tb01350.x     Document Type: Editorial

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