Fatal passenger vehicle crashes 1999 to 2004 with drivers under age 15: The impact in Texas and other southern and southwestern states

Southern Medical Journal

Volumn 100, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 324-327

  Frisch, Larry ^a  

^a NORTHEAST OHIO MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Graduated driver licensing; Motor vehicle crashes; Texas; Young adolescents

Indexed keywords

ACCIDENT PREVENTION; ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; DRIVER; DRIVER LICENCE; DRIVING ABILITY; EDUCATION PROGRAM; FATALITY; GOVERNMENT REGULATION; HEALTH PROGRAM; HUMAN; MOTOR VEHICLE; ONLINE ANALYSIS; PREVENTIVE HEALTH SERVICE; TRAFFIC ACCIDENT; UNITED STATES; AGE; AGED; CAR; CAR DRIVING; CASE REPORT; CHILD; CLASSIFICATION; LEGAL ASPECT; MALE; MORTALITY; RURAL POPULATION; STATISTICS; URBAN POPULATION;

ACCIDENTS, TRAFFIC; ADOLESCENT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; AUTOMOBILE DRIVING; AUTOMOBILES; CHILD; HUMANS; MALE; RURAL POPULATION; SOUTHEASTERN UNITED STATES; SOUTHWESTERN UNITED STATES; TEXAS; URBAN POPULATION;

EID: 34247594325     PISSN: 00384348     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.smj.0000242330.03248.3e     Document Type: Article

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