Associations of traffic safety attitudes and ticket fixing behaviours with the crash history of Pakistani drivers

International Journal of Injury Control and Safety Promotion

Volumn 19, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 351-356

  Durrani, Mohsin ^a   Waseem, Hunniya ^b   Bhatti, Junaid A ^b,c,d   Razzak, Junaid A ^c   Naseer, Rizwan ^a  

^a Punjab Emergency Service   (Pakistan)

^b Public Health Solutions Pakistan   (Pakistan)

^c AGA KHAN UNIVERSITY   (Pakistan)

^d MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

developing country; driving behaviours; road traffic crashes; speeding

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE; CAR DRIVING; COMPENSATION; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; HUMAN; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; LEGAL ASPECT; LICENSING; MALE; PAKISTAN; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUESTIONNAIRE; RISK; SAFETY; STATISTICS; TRAFFIC ACCIDENT;

ACCIDENTS, TRAFFIC; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ATTITUDE; AUTOMOBILE DRIVING; COMPENSATION AND REDRESS; CONFIDENCE INTERVALS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; HUMANS; LICENSURE; MALE; ODDS RATIO; PAKISTAN; QUESTIONNAIRES; SAFETY; TRUTH DISCLOSURE; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84870866390     PISSN: 17457300     EISSN: 17457319     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/17457300.2011.635207     Document Type: Article

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