Cultural and socio-demographic predictors of car accident involvement in Norway, Ghana, Tanzania and Uganda

Safety Science

Volumn 50, Issue 9, 2012, Pages 1862-1872

  Nordfjærn, Trond ^a   Jørgensen, Stig ^a   Rundmo, Torbjørn ^a  

^a NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Norway)

Author keywords

Culture; Developed country; Developing country; Predictor; Safety; Traffic accident

Indexed keywords

ACCIDENT INVOLVEMENT; CAR ACCIDENTS; CULTURAL PRACTICES; DEMOGRAPHIC CHARACTERISTICS; DEVELOPED COUNTRIES; MEASUREMENT INSTRUMENTS; PREDICTOR; REPRESENTATIVE SAMPLE; ROAD TRAFFIC ACCIDENTS; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA; TANZANIA;

ACCIDENT PREVENTION; CELL CULTURE; FIRE PROTECTION; HIGHWAY ACCIDENTS; HIGHWAY TRAFFIC CONTROL; POPULATION STATISTICS; SURVEYS;

DEVELOPING COUNTRIES;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CAR DRIVING; CONTROLLED STUDY; CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY; CULTURAL FACTOR; DEMOGRAPHY; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; GHANA; HUMAN; MALE; NORWAY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SELF REPORT; SEX DIFFERENCE; SEX RATIO; SOCIAL ASPECT; TANZANIA; TRAFFIC ACCIDENT; UGANDA;

EID: 84863549182     PISSN: 09257535     EISSN: 18791042     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ssci.2012.05.003     Document Type: Article

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