A longitudinal examination of the relationship between adolescent problem behaviors and traffic crash involvement during young adulthood

Traffic Injury Prevention

Volumn 9, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 508-514

  Begg, Dorothy J ^a   Gulliver, Pauline ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Adolescents; Crashes; Gender; Problem behaviors; Young adults

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE; ARTICLE; CAR DRIVING; CHILD BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; HIGH RISK BEHAVIOR; HUMAN; JUVENILE DELINQUENCY; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MALE; NEW ZEALAND; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOCIOECONOMICS; STATISTICS; TRAFFIC ACCIDENT;

ACCIDENTS, TRAFFIC; ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT BEHAVIOR; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AUTOMOBILE DRIVING; FEMALE; HUMANS; JUVENILE DELINQUENCY; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; NEW ZEALAND; RISK-TAKING; SEX FACTORS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 57349180783     PISSN: 15389588     EISSN: 1538957X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/15389580802335117     Document Type: Article

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