The Prevalence of Distraction Among Passenger Vehicle Drivers: A Roadside Observational Approach

Traffic Injury Prevention

Volumn 16, Issue 2, 2015, Pages 140-146

  Huisingh, Carrie ^a   Griffin, Russell ^a,b,c   McGwin, Gerald ^a,b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA AT BIRMINGHAM   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA AT BIRMINGHAM   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA AT BIRMINGHAM   (United States)

Author keywords

distraction; driver; epidemiology; observational; prevalence; safety

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ATTENTION; CAR DRIVING; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOBILE PHONE; PREVALENCE; PSYCHOLOGY; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; TEXT MESSAGING; UTILIZATION;

ADULT; ATTENTION; AUTOMOBILE DRIVING; CELL PHONES; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREVALENCE; TEXT MESSAGING;

EID: 84922337054     PISSN: 15389588     EISSN: 1538957X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/15389588.2014.916797     Document Type: Article

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