Commentary: Culpability analysis won't help us understand crash risk due to cell phones

International Journal of Epidemiology

Volumn 42, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 267-269

  Sanghavi, Prachi ^a  

^a HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DRIVING ABILITY; HUMAN; MOBILE PHONE; MORTALITY; NOTE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; TRAFFIC ACCIDENT;

ACCIDENTS, TRAFFIC; AUTOMOBILE DRIVING; CELLULAR PHONE; FEMALE; HUMANS; LIABILITY, LEGAL; MALE;

EID: 84875621592     PISSN: 03005771     EISSN: 14643685     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ije/dys227     Document Type: Note

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