Road casualties and changes in risky driving behavior in France between 2001 and 2004 among participants in the GAZEL cohort

American Journal of Public Health

Volumn 99, Issue 7, 2009, Pages 1247-1253

  Constant, Aymery ^a   Salmi, Louis Rachid ^a   Lafont, Sylviane ^b   Chiron, Mireille ^b   Lagarde, Emmanuel ^a  

^a INSERM   (France)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE LYON   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ALCOHOL INTOXICATION; ARTICLE; CAR DRIVING; FEMALE; FRANCE; HIGH RISK BEHAVIOR; HUMAN; MALE; MOBILE PHONE; MORTALITY; PREVALENCE; QUESTIONNAIRE; SLEEP; TRAFFIC ACCIDENT; TRAFFIC SAFETY; VELOCITY; BEHAVIOR; COHORT ANALYSIS; LAW ENFORCEMENT; MIDDLE AGED; POISSON DISTRIBUTION; RISK FACTOR; STATISTICS;

ACCIDENTS, TRAFFIC; ADULT; AUTOMOBILE DRIVING; BEHAVIOR; CELLULAR PHONE; COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; FRANCE; HUMANS; LAW ENFORCEMENT; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POISSON DISTRIBUTION; QUESTIONNAIRES; RISK FACTORS; RISK-TAKING;

EID: 67650753738     PISSN: 00900036     EISSN: 15410048     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2105/AJPH.2007.126474     Document Type: Article

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