Dissimilar teen crash rates in two neighboring southeastern virginia cities with different high school start times

Journal of Clinical Sleep Medicine

Volumn 7, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 145-151

  Vorona, Robert Daniel ^a   Szklo Coxe, Mariana ^b   Wu, Andrew ^c   Dubik, Michael ^d   Zhao, Yueqin ^c   Ware, J Catesby ^a  

^a SENTARA NORFOLK GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b OLD DOMINION UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c EASTERN VIRGINIA MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^d NONE

Author keywords

High school; Insuf ficient sleep; Start times; Teen crash rates

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRIVER; FEMALE; HIGH SCHOOL STUDENT; HUMAN; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; SLEEP DEPRIVATION; SLEEP TIME; TEEN CRASH RATE; TIME; TRAFFIC ACCIDENT; TRAFFIC AND TRANSPORT; UNITED STATES;

EID: 79957991469     PISSN: 15509389     EISSN: 15509397     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5664/jcsm.28101     Document Type: Article

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