Statewide policies for safer teen driving: An evaluation of the impact of graduated driver licensing in arkansas

Journal of Trauma and Acute Care Surgery

Volumn 75, Issue 4 SUPPL. 3, 2013, Pages

  Rouse, Heather L ^a   Aitken, Mary E ^b   Lein, Stephen D ^a   Leath, Katherine J ^a   Halverson, Paul ^c   Thompson, Joseph W ^b  

^a Arkansas Center for Health Improvement   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ARKANSAS FOR MEDICAL SCIENCES   (United States)

^c ARKANSAS DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

Fatal crashes; Graduated driver licensing; Injury; Motor vehicle crashes; Teen drivers

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; CAR DRIVER; CAR DRIVING; CLINICAL EVALUATION; CONFERENCE PAPER; DRIVER LICENCE; GRADUATE; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HUMAN; MOTOR VEHICLE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TRAFFIC ACCIDENT; TRAFFIC SAFETY; UNITED STATES;

ACCIDENTS, TRAFFIC; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; ARKANSAS; AUTOMOBILE DRIVER EXAMINATION; FEMALE; HUMANS; LICENSURE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROGRAM EVALUATION; PUBLIC POLICY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84885479860     PISSN: 21630755     EISSN: 21630763     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/TA.0b013e31828f9967     Document Type: Conference Paper

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