Fatal Crashes of 16- to 17-Year-Old Drivers Involving Alcohol, Nighttime Driving, and Passengers

Traffic Injury Prevention

Volumn 13, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 1-6

  Williams, Allan F ^a   West, Bethany A ^b   Shults, Ruth A ^b  

^a Windpath Healing Works LLC   (United States)

^b CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (United States)

Author keywords

Alcohol impaired; Fatal crash; Young driver

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL;

ADOLESCENT; ALCOHOL INTOXICATION; ARTICLE; BLOOD; CAR DRIVING; FACTUAL DATABASE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MORTALITY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; RISK FACTOR; STATISTICS; TIME; TRAFFIC ACCIDENT; UNITED STATES; VIOLENCE;

ACCIDENTS, TRAFFIC; ADOLESCENT; ALCOHOLIC INTOXICATION; AUTOMOBILE DRIVING; DANGEROUS BEHAVIOR; DATABASES, FACTUAL; ETHANOL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; RISK FACTORS; TIME FACTORS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84857176314     PISSN: 15389588     EISSN: 1538957X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/15389588.2011.633235     Document Type: Article

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