The effects of graduated driver licensing on hospitalization rates and charges for 16- and 17-year-olds in North Carolina

Traffic Injury Prevention

Volumn 8, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 35-38

  Margolis, Lewis H ^a   Masten, Scott V ^b   Foss, Robert D ^b  

^a IL   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA   (United States)

Author keywords

Graduated Driver Licensing; Hospitalization; Teen Drivers

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CAR DRIVING; HOSPITAL CHARGE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; LEGAL ASPECT; LICENSING; MIDDLE AGED; STATISTICS; TRAFFIC ACCIDENT; UNITED STATES;

ACCIDENTS, TRAFFIC; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AUTOMOBILE DRIVING; HOSPITAL CHARGES; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; LICENSURE; MIDDLE AGED; NORTH CAROLINA;

EID: 33847037007     PISSN: 15389588     EISSN: 1538957X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/15389580600863005     Document Type: Article

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