Corruption, automobility cultures, and road traffic deaths: The perfect storm in rapidly motorizing countries?

Environment and Planning A

Volumn 43, Issue 10, 2011, Pages 2492-2503

  Wells, Peter ^a   Beynon, Malcolm J ^a  

^a CARDIFF UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AUTOMOBILE; CORRUPTION; DEVELOPING WORLD; INJURY; MORTALITY;

EID: 80055043997     PISSN: 0308518X     EISSN: 14723409     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1068/a4498     Document Type: Article

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