Attitudes of teenagers and their parents to Pennsylvania's graduated driver licensing system

Traffic Injury Prevention

Volumn 9, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 217-223

  McKay, Mary Pat ^a,d   Coben, Jeffrey H ^b   Larkin, Gregory Luke ^c   Shaffer, Alison ^d  

^a GEORGE WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b WEST VIRGINIA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d GEORGE WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Adolescent; Attitudes; Graduated Driver Licensing; Young Drivers

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE; CAR DRIVING; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; LEGAL ASPECT; LICENSING; MALE; PARENT; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUESTIONNAIRE; RISK ASSESSMENT; UNITED STATES;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ATTITUDE; AUTOMOBILE DRIVING; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; LICENSURE; MALE; PARENTS; PENNSYLVANIA; QUESTIONNAIRES; RISK ASSESSMENT;

EID: 45849140084     PISSN: 15389588     EISSN: 1538957X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/15389580802005660     Document Type: Article

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