Unlicensed teenaged drivers: Who are they, and how do they behave when they are behind the wheel?

Pediatrics

Volumn 122, Issue 5, 2008, Pages

  Elliott, Michael R ^a,b   Ginsburg, Kenneth R ^b,c   Winston, Flaura K ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^b CHILDREN S HOSPITAL OF PHILADELPHIA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Accident prevention; Adolescent; Injury prevention; Survey; Unlicensed driving

Indexed keywords

ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT; ADOLESCENT; AFRICAN AMERICAN; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ARTICLE; CAR DRIVER; CAUCASIAN; CITY; DRIVER LICENCE; DRUG USE; FEMALE; HISPANIC; HUMAN; JUVENILE DELINQUENCY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RACE DIFFERENCE; RISK FACTOR; RURAL AREA; SEATBELT; TRAFFIC ACCIDENT; URBAN AREA; URBAN RURAL DIFFERENCE; CAR DRIVING; LEGAL ASPECT; LICENSING; PUBLIC HEALTH; SOCIOECONOMICS; STATISTICAL MODEL; STATISTICS; UNITED STATES;

ACCIDENTS, TRAFFIC; ADOLESCENT; AUTOMOBILE DRIVING; FEMALE; HUMANS; LICENSURE; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; PREVALENCE; PUBLIC HEALTH; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 58149173217     PISSN: 00314005     EISSN: 10984275     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1542/peds.2008-1257     Document Type: Article

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