Trends in fatalities from distracted driving in the United States, 1999 to 2008

American Journal of Public Health

Volumn 100, Issue 11, 2010, Pages 2213-2219

  Wilson, Fernando A ^a   Stimpson, Jim P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH TEXAS HEALTH SCIENCE CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE; ARTICLE; CAR DRIVING; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MICROCOMPUTER; MIDDLE AGED; MOBILE PHONE; MORTALITY; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; SEX DIFFERENCE; STATISTICS; TRAFFIC ACCIDENT; UNITED STATES; URBAN POPULATION;

ACCIDENTS, TRAFFIC; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AUTOMOBILE DRIVING; CELLULAR PHONE; COMPUTERS, HANDHELD; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; SEX FACTORS; UNITED STATES; URBAN POPULATION; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77958186631     PISSN: 00900036     EISSN: 15410048     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2105/AJPH.2009.187179     Document Type: Article

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