Cross-cultural comparisons of traffic safety, risk perception, attitudes and behaviour

Safety Science

Volumn 47, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 547-553

  Lund, Ingunn Olea ^a   Rundmo, Torbjörn ^a  

^a NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Norway)

Author keywords

Attitudes; Cross cultural comparison; Risk perception; Traffic safety

Indexed keywords

ATTITUDES; CROSS-CULTURAL COMPARISON; CULTURAL DIFFERENCES; LOW AND MIDDLE INCOME COUNTRIES; PERCEIVED RISKS; QUESTIONNAIRE SURVEYS; REPRESENTATIVE SAMPLES; RISK BEHAVIOURS; TRAFFIC SAFETY;

RISK ANALYSIS; SURVEYS;

RISK PERCEPTION;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE; BEHAVIOR; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CULTURAL FACTOR; FEMALE; GHANA; HUMAN; MALE; NORWAY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; RISK ASSESSMENT; TRAFFIC ACCIDENT; TRAFFIC SAFETY;

EID: 61449199520     PISSN: 09257535     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ssci.2008.07.008     Document Type: Article

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