Teen crashes declined after Massachusetts raised penalties for graduated licensing law restricting night driving

Health Affairs

Volumn 34, Issue 6, 2015, Pages 963-970

  Rajaratnam, Shantha M W ^a,b,c,d   Landrigan, Christopher P ^b,c,e   Wang, Wei ^b,c   Kaprielian, Rachel ^f   Moore, Richard T ^g   Czeisler, Charles A ^b,c,g  

^a MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^c BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^d Safety and Productivity ^*  (Australia)

^e BOSTON CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^f U S DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES   (United States)

^g National Sleep Foundation   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CAR DRIVER; CAR DRIVING; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DRIVER LICENCE; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; HUMAN; NIGHT; POLICE; PUNISHMENT; TIME SERIES ANALYSIS; TRAFFIC ACCIDENT; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; LEGISLATION AND JURISPRUDENCE; MASSACHUSETTS; PREVENTION AND CONTROL; RISK FACTOR; SLEEP DEPRIVATION; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; YOUNG ADULT;

ACCIDENTS, TRAFFIC; ADOLESCENT; AUTOMOBILE DRIVING; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; HUMANS; MASSACHUSETTS; RISK FACTORS; SLEEP DEPRIVATION; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84930887847     PISSN: 02782715     EISSN: 15445208     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1377/hlthaff.2014.0928     Document Type: Article

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