Young driver risk factors: Successful and unsuccessful approaches for dealing with them and an agenda for the future

Injury Prevention

Volumn 12, Issue SUPPL. 1, 2006, Pages

  Williams, Allan F ^a  

^a NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACCIDENT PREVENTION; ADOLESCENT; CAR DRIVING; EDUCATION; FORECASTING; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HIGH RISK BEHAVIOR; HUMAN; LEGAL ASPECT; LICENSING; METHODOLOGY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; REVIEW; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SAFETY; TRAFFIC ACCIDENT; UNITED STATES;

ACCIDENT PREVENTION; ACCIDENTS, TRAFFIC; ADOLESCENT; AUTOMOBILE DRIVING; FORECASTING; HEALTH POLICY; HUMANS; LICENSURE; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS; RISK-TAKING; SAFETY; UNITED STATES;

EID: 33745870495     PISSN: 13538047     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/ip.2006.011783     Document Type: Review

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