A model for preventing serious traffic injury in teens: Or "keep those teenagers out of our ICU!"

Dimensions of Critical Care Nursing

Volumn 27, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 143-151

  Sommers, Marilyn S ^a   Ribak, Judith ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA SCHOOL OF NURSING   (United States)

Author keywords

Alcohol use; Motor vehicle accident; Risky driving; Taffic injuries; Teenagers

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; CAR DRIVING; CHILD BEHAVIOR; CHILD PARENT RELATION; COUNSELING; EMERGENCY NURSING; HIGH RISK BEHAVIOR; HUMAN; INJURY; INTENSIVE CARE; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOLOGICAL MODEL; REVIEW; TRAFFIC ACCIDENT; UNITED STATES;

ACCIDENTS, TRAFFIC; ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT BEHAVIOR; AUTOMOBILE DRIVING; COUNSELING; CRITICAL CARE; EMERGENCY NURSING; HUMANS; MODELS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; PARENTING; RISK-TAKING; UNITED STATES; WOUNDS AND INJURIES;

EID: 49649125323     PISSN: 07304625     EISSN: 15388646     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.DCC.0000286856.84525.dc     Document Type: Article

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