Graduated drivers license programs and rural teenage motor vehicle fatalities

Journal of Rural Health

Volumn 22, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 300-307

  Morrisey, Michael A ^a,c   Grabowski, David C ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA AT BIRMINGHAM   (United States)

^b HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA AT BIRMINGHAM   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; BINOMIAL DISTRIBUTION; DATA ANALYSIS; DRIVER LICENCE; FATALITY; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH PROGRAM; HUMAN; MORTALITY; POPULATION DENSITY; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK REDUCTION; RURAL AREA; RURAL POPULATION; TRAFFIC ACCIDENT;

ACCIDENTS, TRAFFIC; ADOLESCENT; AUTOMOBILE DRIVING; HUMANS; LICENSURE; RURAL POPULATION; UNITED STATES;

EID: 33749000877     PISSN: 0890765X     EISSN: 17480361     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1748-0361.2006.00050.x     Document Type: Article

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