Adult Pedestrian behavior when accompanying children on the route to school

Traffic Injury Prevention

Volumn 11, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 188-193

  Pfeffer, K ^a   Fagbemi, H P ^a   Stennet, S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LINCOLN   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Behavioral observation; Child safety; Modeling; Pedestrian; Road safety

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR; CHILD; CHILD BEHAVIOR; CHILD PARENT RELATION; ENVIRONMENTAL PLANNING; FEMALE; HUMAN; INJURY; LEARNING; MALE; OBSERVATION; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; ROLE PLAYING; SAFETY; SCHOOL; SEX DIFFERENCE; TRAFFIC ACCIDENT; UNITED KINGDOM; WALKING;

ACCIDENTS, TRAFFIC; ADULT; BEHAVIOR; CHILD; CHILD BEHAVIOR; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; ENVIRONMENT DESIGN; FEMALE; GREAT BRITAIN; HUMANS; LEARNING; MALE; OBSERVATION; PARENT-CHILD RELATIONS; ROLE; SAFETY; SCHOOLS; SEX FACTORS; WALKING; WOUNDS AND INJURIES;

EID: 77951168655     PISSN: 15389588     EISSN: 1538957X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/15389580903548576     Document Type: Article

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