Short-term effects of a teenage driver cell phone restriction

Accident Analysis and Prevention

Volumn 41, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 419-424

  Foss, Robert D ^a   Goodwin, Arthur H ^a   McCartt, Anne T ^b   Hellinga, Laurie A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^b Insurance Institute for Highway Safety ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

Cell phone laws; Cell phones; Teenage driving restrictions; Teenagers

Indexed keywords

BEFORE AND AFTER; CELL PHONE LAWS; CELL PHONES; HIGH SCHOOLS; MOBILE COMMUNICATION DEVICES; NORTH CAROLINA; SHORT-TERM EFFECTS; SOUTH CAROLINA; TEENAGE DRIVERS; TEENAGE DRIVING RESTRICTIONS; TEENAGERS;

AUTOMOBILE DRIVERS; CELLS; CYTOLOGY; LAWS AND LEGISLATION; MOBILE PHONES; TELECOMMUNICATION EQUIPMENT; TELEPHONE;

TELEPHONE SETS;

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CAR DRIVING; CHILD BEHAVIOR; EVALUATION; FEMALE; HIGH RISK BEHAVIOR; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; LEGAL ASPECT; MALE; MOBILE PHONE; PARENT; RISK; TRAFFIC ACCIDENT; UNITED STATES; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

ACCIDENTS, TRAFFIC; ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT BEHAVIOR; AUTOMOBILE DRIVING; CELLULAR PHONE; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; MALE; NORTH CAROLINA; ODDS RATIO; PARENTS; RISK-TAKING;

EID: 66949162671     PISSN: 00014575     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.aap.2009.01.004     Document Type: Article

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