Teen driver crash risk and associations with smoking and drowsy driving

Accident Analysis and Prevention

Volumn 40, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 869-876

  Hutchens, Lauren ^a   Senserrick, Teresa M ^a   Jamieson, Patrick E ^b   Romer, Dan ^b   Winston, Flaura K ^a,c  

^a CHILDREN S HOSPITAL OF PHILADELPHIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Adolescent; Crash risk; Fatigued driving; Sleep; Smoking; Teen driver

Indexed keywords

HIGHWAY ACCIDENTS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RISK ASSESSMENT;

CRASH RISK; FATIGUED DRIVING; TEEN DRIVER;

DRIVER LICENSING;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE; ARTICLE; ATTENTION; CAR DRIVING; FATIGUE; FEMALE; HIGH RISK BEHAVIOR; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MALE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; PILOT STUDY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SLEEP STAGE; SMOKING; STATISTICAL MODEL; STATISTICS; TRAFFIC ACCIDENT; UNITED STATES; WAKEFULNESS;

ACCIDENTS, TRAFFIC; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; ATTENTION; AUTOMOBILE DRIVING; DATA COLLECTION; FATIGUE; FEMALE; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PENNSYLVANIA; PILOT PROJECTS; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS; RISK-TAKING; SLEEP STAGES; SMOKING; WAKEFULNESS;

EID: 42949090963     PISSN: 00014575     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.aap.2007.10.001     Document Type: Article

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