The impact of Michigan's text messaging restriction on motor vehicle crashes

Journal of Adolescent Health

Volumn 54, Issue 5 SUPPL., 2014, Pages S68-S74

  Ehsani, Johnathon P ^a   Bingham, C Raymond ^b,c   Ionides, Edward ^d   Childers, David ^d  

^a EUNICE KENNEDY SHRIVER NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF CHILD HEALTH AND HUMAN DEVELOPMENT   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

Author keywords

Adolescent driver; Distraction; Law; Motor vehicle crashes; Restriction; Texting

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT BEHAVIOR; ADOLESCENT DRIVER; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ARTICLE; ATTENTION; ATTENTION ALLOCATION; ATTENTION DEFICIT DISORDER; BLINDNESS; BRAIN MATURATION; CANNABIS USE; CHILD SAFETY; COGNITION; DRIVER; DRIVING ABILITY; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; EXECUTIVE FUNCTION; FUNCTIONAL MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; HIGH RISK BEHAVIOR; HUMAN; IMPULSIVENESS; INATTENTION BLINDNESS; INJURY SEVERITY; MOBILE PHONE; MOTOR VEHICLE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESPONSE TIME; SENSATION SEEKING; TEXT MESSAGING; TRAFFIC ACCIDENT; TRAFFIC SAFETY; WORKING MEMORY;

EID: 84899004260     PISSN: 1054139X     EISSN: 18791972     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jadohealth.2014.01.003     Document Type: Article

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