Texting while driving and other risky motor vehicle behaviors among US high school students

Pediatrics

Volumn 131, Issue 6, 2013, Pages

  Olsen, Emily O'malley ^a   Shults, Ruth A ^a   Eaton, Danice K ^a  

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

Author keywords

Adolescents; Motor vehicle crashes; Texting while driving; Unintentional injury

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ARTICLE; CAR DRIVING; ETHNICITY; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HIGH SCHOOL STUDENT; HUMAN; MALE; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEATBELT; SELF REPORT; STUDENT ATTITUDE; TEXT MESSAGING; TEXTING WHILE DRIVING; TRAFFIC ACCIDENT; TRAFFIC SAFETY;

ADOLESCENTS; MOTOR VEHICLE CRASHES; TEXTING WHILE DRIVING; UNINTENTIONAL INJURY;

ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT BEHAVIOR; ALCOHOL DRINKING; AUTOMOBILE DRIVING; ELECTRONIC MAIL; FEMALE; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MOTOR VEHICLES; PREVALENCE; QUESTIONNAIRES; RISK FACTORS; RISK-TAKING; SCHOOLS; STUDENTS; TEXT MESSAGING; UNITED STATES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84878698429     PISSN: 00314005     EISSN: 10984275     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1542/peds.2012-3462     Document Type: Article

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