Young female drivers in fatal crashes: Recent trends, 1995-2004

Traffic Injury Prevention

Volumn 9, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 65-69

  Tsai, Virginia W ^a,b   Anderson, Craig L ^a   Vaca, Federico E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Fatal Crashes; Injury Prevention; Motor Vehicle; Young Females

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE; ARTICLE; CAR DRIVING; CAUSE OF DEATH; COMPARATIVE STUDY; FEMALE; HIGH RISK BEHAVIOR; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; LICENSING; MALE; MORTALITY; PROBABILITY; REGISTER; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SEX DIFFERENCE; STANDARD; STATISTICAL MODEL; STATISTICS; SURVIVAL; TRAFFIC ACCIDENT; UNITED STATES;

ACCIDENTS, TRAFFIC; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AUTOMOBILE DRIVING; CALIFORNIA; CAUSE OF DEATH; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; LICENSURE; LINEAR MODELS; MALE; PROBABILITY; REGISTRIES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK-TAKING; SEX FACTORS; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS;

EID: 40749125330     PISSN: 15389588     EISSN: 1538957X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/15389580701729881     Document Type: Article

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