Perceptions of traffic risk in an industrialised and a developing country

Transportation Research Part F: Traffic Psychology and Behaviour

Volumn 12, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 91-98

  Nordfjærn, Trond ^a   Rundmo, Torbjørn ^a  

^a NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Norway)

Author keywords

Country comparison; Risk behaviour; Traffic safety

Indexed keywords

DEVELOPING COUNTRIES;

COUNTRY COMPARISONS; CULTURAL DIFFERENCE; IN CONTEXTS; INDUSTRIALISATION; REPRESENTATIVE SAMPLE; RISK BEHAVIOUR; TRAFFIC SAFETY;

RISK PERCEPTION;

EID: 56649091209     PISSN: 13698478     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.trf.2008.08.003     Document Type: Article

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