Young driver involvement in fatal motor vehicle crashes and trends in risk behaviors, United States, 1988-95

Injury Prevention

Volumn 4, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 284-287

  Phebo, Luciana ^a   Dellinger, Ann M ^a  

^a NATIONAL CENTER FOR INJURY PREVENTION AND CONTROL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL;

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; BLOOD; CHILD BEHAVIOR; DRINKING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; HIGH RISK BEHAVIOR; HUMAN; LEGAL ASPECT; MALE; MORTALITY; SEATBELT; TRAFFIC ACCIDENT; UNITED STATES;

ACCIDENTS, TRAFFIC; ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT BEHAVIOR; ALCOHOL DRINKING; ETHANOL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; RISK-TAKING; SEAT BELTS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0032246722     PISSN: 13538047     EISSN: 14755785     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/ip.4.4.284     Document Type: Review

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