Risky Driving Among Regular Armed Forces Personnel from the United Kingdom

American Journal of Preventive Medicine

Volumn 35, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 230-236

  Fear, Nicola T ^a   Iversen, Amy C ^a   Chatterjee, Amit ^b   Jones, Margaret ^a   Greenberg, Neil ^a   Hull, Lisa ^a   Rona, Roberto J ^a   Hotopf, Matthew ^a   Wessely, Simon ^a  

^a KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b KING S COLLEGE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; DEMOGRAPHY; DRIVING ABILITY; FEMALE; HIGH RISK BEHAVIOR; HUMAN; IRAQ; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; SEATBELT; SOLDIER; TRAFFIC ACCIDENT; UNITED KINGDOM;

ADULT; AUTOMOBILE DRIVING; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; GREAT BRITAIN; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MILITARY MEDICINE; MILITARY PERSONNEL; QUESTIONNAIRES; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK-TAKING; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 48649095357     PISSN: 07493797     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.amepre.2008.05.027     Document Type: Article

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