Commentary: Attitudes of novice teen drivers and parents about Pennsylvania's Graduated Driver Licensing Program: A focus group analysis

Traffic Injury Prevention

Volumn 3, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 257-261

  McKay, Mary Pat ^a   Coben, Jeff ^b  

^a ALLEGHENY GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b DREXEL UNIVERSITY COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Adolescent; Crash; Driver; Focus Group; Licensing System; Parent

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ATTITUDE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRIVER LICENCE; DRIVING ABILITY; EDUCATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; LAW; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PARENT; PERSONALITY; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; REVIEW; RISK FACTOR; TRAFFIC ACCIDENT; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0036894032     PISSN: 15389588     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/15389580214630     Document Type: Review

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