Risk-taking behaviors among motorcyclists in middle east countries: A case of islamic republic of Iran

Traffic Injury Prevention

Volumn 11, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 25-34

  Zamani Alavijeh, Fereshteh ^a   Niknami, Shamsaddin ^a   Bazargan, Mohsen ^a   Mohamadi, Esa ^b   Montazeri, Ali ^a   Ghofranipour, Fazlollah ^c   Ahmadi, Fazlollah ^a   Tavafian, Sedigheh Sadat ^c   Shahrzad Bazargan Hejaz, ^b  

^a TARBIAT MODARES UNIVERSITY   (Iran)

^b CHARLES R DREW UNIVERSITY OF MEDICINE AND SCIENCE   (United States)

^c Iranian Institute for Health Sciences Research   (Iran)

Author keywords

Iran; Motorcycling; Qualitative study; Risk taking behavior

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; CAR DRIVING; CHILD; ENVIRONMENTAL PLANNING; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HIGH RISK BEHAVIOR; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; INJURY; INTERVIEW; IRAN; LEGAL ASPECT; MALE; MENTAL STRESS; MIDDLE AGED; MORTALITY; MOTORCYCLE; OBSERVATION; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; RISK FACTOR; SOCIOECONOMICS; STATISTICS; TRAFFIC ACCIDENT;

ACCIDENTS, TRAFFIC; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; AUTOMOBILE DRIVING; CHILD; ENVIRONMENT DESIGN; FEMALE; FOCUS GROUPS; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; IRAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOTORCYCLES; OBSERVATION; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; RISK FACTORS; RISK-TAKING; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; WOUNDS AND INJURIES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 76449089533     PISSN: 15389588     EISSN: 1538957X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/15389580903330355     Document Type: Article

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