Unlicensed driving among urban and rural Māori drivers: New Zealand drivers study

Traffic Injury Prevention

Volumn 10, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 538-545

  McDowell, Anna ^a   Begg, Dorothy ^a   Connor, Jennie ^b   Broughton, John ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO   (New Zealand)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

M ori; Unlicensed driving; Urban rural location

Indexed keywords

ABORIGINE; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ARTICLE; CAR DRIVING; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; LAW ENFORCEMENT; LEGAL ASPECT; LICENSING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEW ZEALAND; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; QUESTIONNAIRE; RURAL POPULATION; STATISTICAL MODEL; STATISTICS; TRAFFIC ACCIDENT; URBAN POPULATION;

ACCIDENTS, TRAFFIC; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; AUTOMOBILE DRIVING; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; LAW ENFORCEMENT; LICENSURE; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEW ZEALAND; OCEANIC ANCESTRY GROUP; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; QUESTIONNAIRES; RURAL POPULATION; URBAN POPULATION; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 70450181829     PISSN: 15389588     EISSN: 1538957X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/15389580903321727     Document Type: Article

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