Fatal passenger vehicle crashes with at least 1 driver younger than 15 years: A fatality analysis reporting system study

Journal of Rural Health

Volumn 23, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 158-162

  Frisch, Larry ^a,b   Plessinger, Alexander ^a  

^a NORTHEAST OHIO MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Mahoning County District Board of Health   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; AGE; ARTICLE; CAR DRIVING; CHILD; FEMALE; GEOGRAPHY; HEALTH; HUMAN; LEGAL ASPECT; LICENSING; MALE; MORTALITY; PILOT STUDY; STATISTICS; TRAFFIC ACCIDENT; UNITED STATES;

ACCIDENTS, TRAFFIC; ADOLESCENT; AGE FACTORS; AUTOMOBILE DRIVING; CHILD; FEMALE; GEOGRAPHY; HUMANS; LICENSURE; MALE; MIDWESTERN UNITED STATES; PILOT PROJECTS; RURAL HEALTH; SOUTHEASTERN UNITED STATES; SOUTHWESTERN UNITED STATES;

EID: 33947657304     PISSN: 0890765X     EISSN: 17480361     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1748-0361.2007.00083.x     Document Type: Article

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