Commentary: Novice teen drivers and crashes - Just how worried should we be and what should we do about it?

Annals of Emergency Medicine

Volumn 45, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 639-642

  McKay, Mary Pat ^a  

^a GEORGE WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACCIDENT PREVENTION; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; DRIVER; DRIVER LICENCE; EMERGENCY MEDICINE; EPIDEMIOLOGICAL DATA; HEALTH EDUCATION; HUMAN; LICENSING; NOTE; PERIODICITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLIC HEALTH; RISK BENEFIT ANALYSIS; SEATBELT; TRAFFIC ACCIDENT; UNITED STATES; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CAR DRIVING; CHILD; CHILD BEHAVIOR; DRINKING BEHAVIOR; INJURY; LEGAL ASPECT; RISK ASSESSMENT;

ACCIDENTS, TRAFFIC; ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT BEHAVIOR; ADULT; ALCOHOL DRINKING; AUTOMOBILE DRIVING; CHILD; HUMANS; LICENSURE; RISK ADJUSTMENT; UNITED STATES; WOUNDS AND INJURIES;

EID: 20444482471     PISSN: 01960644     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.annemergmed.2005.03.005     Document Type: Note

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