Commentary: Graduated licensing-moving forward or standing still?

Traffic Injury Prevention

Volumn 12, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 207-209

  Williams, Allan F ^a  

^a Windpath Healing Works LLC   (United States)

Author keywords

Graduated licensing; Licensing age; Young drivers

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; AGE; ARTICLE; CAR DRIVING; HUMAN; LEGAL ASPECT; LICENSING; STATISTICS; TRAFFIC ACCIDENT; UNITED STATES;

ACCIDENTS, TRAFFIC; ADOLESCENT; AGE FACTORS; AUTOMOBILE DRIVING; HUMANS; LICENSURE; UNITED STATES;

EID: 79958742185     PISSN: 15389588     EISSN: 1538957X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/15389588.2011.573353     Document Type: Article

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