Children's crossing behavior with an accompanying adult

Safety Science

Volumn 46, Issue 8, 2008, Pages 1248-1254

  Rosenbloom, Tova ^a,b   Ben Eliyahu, Adar ^a   Nemrodov, Dan ^a  

^a College of Management ^*  (Israel)

^b BAR ILAN UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

Author keywords

Accompanying adult; Children; Crossing; Road safety

Indexed keywords

ROADS AND STREETS;

ACCOMPANYING ADULT; CHI-SQUARE TESTING; CHILD PEDESTRIANS; CHILDREN; CROSSING; ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS; ROAD SAFETY;

CROSSINGS (PIPE AND CABLE);

ARTICLE; CHI SQUARE TEST; CHILD BEHAVIOR; CHILD SAFETY; GROUPS BY AGE; PEDESTRIAN; PREDICTOR VARIABLE; PREVALENCE; PRIMARY SCHOOL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RUNNING; TRAFFIC SAFETY; WALKING;

EID: 49349088217     PISSN: 09257535     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ssci.2007.07.004     Document Type: Article

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