Fatalities of pedestrians, bicycle riders, and motorists due to distracted driving motor vehicle crashes in the U.S., 2005-2010

Public Health Reports

Volumn 128, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 436-442

  Stimpson, Jim P ^a   Wilson, Fernando A ^a   Muelleman, Robert L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BICYCLE; CHILD; COMPUTER; FATALITY; FAX; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFANT; MALE; MOBILE PHONE; MOTOR VEHICLE; PEDESTRIAN; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHOOL CHILD; TELECOMMUNICATION; TRAFFIC ACCIDENT; TRAFFIC SAFETY;

EID: 84887326772     PISSN: 00333549     EISSN: 14682877     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/003335491312800603     Document Type: Article

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