The incidence of pedestrian distraction at urban intersections after implementation of a Streets Smarts campaign

Injury Epidemiology

Volumn 2, Issue 1, 2015, Pages

  Violano, Pina ^a,b   Roney, Linda ^c   Bechtel, Kirsten ^b,d  

^a YALE NEW HAVEN HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b Division of Cardiology   (United States)

^c FAIRFIELD UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF NURSING   (United States)

^d YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Cellular phone; Distraction; Pedestrian; Pedestrian distraction; Street crossing

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AWARENESS; BEHAVIOR; CANE; DISTRACTIBILITY; DRINKING; EATING; FIELD STUDY; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INJURY; MEDICAL LITERATURE; MOBILE PHONE; MOTOR VEHICLE; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; PEDESTRIAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLICATION; SAFETY; URBAN AREA; WALKER; WALKING; WHEELCHAIR;

EID: 85018781835     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21971714     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/s40621-015-0050-7     Document Type: Article

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