Nighttime driving, passenger transport, and injury crash rates of young drivers

Injury Prevention

Volumn 9, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 245-250

  Rice, Thomas M ^a   Peek Asa, C ^a   Kraus, J F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE; ARTICLE; CAR DRIVING; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CHILD BEHAVIOR; DRINKING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; HUMAN; INJURY; MALE; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; RISK; RISK FACTOR; SEX DIFFERENCE; STATISTICS; TIME; TRAFFIC ACCIDENT; UNITED STATES;

ACCIDENTS, TRAFFIC; ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT BEHAVIOR; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; ALCOHOL DRINKING; AUTOMOBILE DRIVING; CALIFORNIA; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; ODDS RATIO; RISK FACTORS; SEX FACTORS; TIME FACTORS; WOUNDS AND INJURIES;

EID: 0142170018     PISSN: 13538047     EISSN: 14755785     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/ip.9.3.245     Document Type: Article

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