A geographical perspective on driving attitudes and behaviour among young adults in urban and rural Norway

Safety Science

Volumn 47, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 529-536

  Eiksund, Sveinung ^a  

^a NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Norway)

Author keywords

Accidents; Attitudes; Risk behaviour; Rural; Urban; Youths

Indexed keywords

ATTITUDES; RISK BEHAVIOUR; RURAL; URBAN; YOUTHS;

ACCIDENTS; AUTOMOBILE DRIVERS; RURAL AREAS;

ROADS AND STREETS;

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE; BEHAVIOR; CULTURAL FACTOR; DRIVING ABILITY; DRUNKEN DRIVING; FEMALE; GEOGRAPHY; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; NORWAY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK REDUCTION; RURAL AREA; SEATBELT; SELF REPORT; TRAFFIC ACCIDENT; URBAN AREA;

EID: 61449219018     PISSN: 09257535     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ssci.2008.07.034     Document Type: Article

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