Less is more: The influence of traffic count on drinking and driving behaviour

Accident Analysis and Prevention

Volumn 40, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 1018-1022

  Vanlaar, Ward ^a,b  

^a Traffic Injury Research Foundation   (Canada)

^b HASSELT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Drinking driving; Multilevel analysis; Traffic count

Indexed keywords

ACCIDENT PREVENTION; BEHAVIORAL RESEARCH; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; TRAFFIC SURVEYS;

DRINKING DRIVING; MULTILEVEL ANALYSIS; TRAFFIC COUNT;

STREET TRAFFIC CONTROL;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BELGIUM; CANADA; CAR DRIVING; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DRINKING BEHAVIOR; EPIDEMIOLOGY; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH SURVEY; HIGH RISK BEHAVIOR; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RISK FACTOR; STATISTICAL MODEL; STATISTICS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ALCOHOL DRINKING; AUTOMOBILE DRIVING; BELGIUM; BRITISH COLUMBIA; EPIDEMIOLOGIC STUDIES; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MODELS, STATISTICAL; RISK FACTORS; RISK-TAKING;

EID: 42749083649     PISSN: 00014575     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.aap.2007.11.007     Document Type: Article

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