Technology-related distracted walking behaviours in Manhattan’s most dangerous intersections

Injury Prevention

Volumn 20, Issue 5, 2014, Pages 343-346

  Basch, Corey H ^a   Ethan, Danna ^b   Rajan, Sonali ^c   Basch, Charles E ^c  

^a WILLIAM PATERSON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b CITY UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

^c Och Spine at New York Presbyterian Hospitals   (United States)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ATTENTION; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; EPIDEMIOLOGY; FEMALE; HIGH RISK BEHAVIOR; HUMAN; INJURIES; MALE; MOBILE PHONE; MUSIC; PSYCHOLOGY; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SAFETY; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; TRAFFIC ACCIDENT; UNITED STATES; WALKING;

ACCIDENTS, TRAFFIC; ATTENTION; CELL PHONES; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MUSIC; NEW YORK CITY; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RISK-TAKING; SAFETY; WALKING;

EID: 84907208675     PISSN: 13538047     EISSN: 14755785     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/injuryprev-2013-041063     Document Type: Article

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