The association between states' texting regulations and the prevalence of texting while driving among U.S. high school students

Annals of Epidemiology

Volumn 25, Issue 12, 2015, Pages 888-893

  Rudisill, Toni M ^a   Zhu, Motao ^a  

^a WEST VIRGINIA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Adolescent; Automobile driving; Epidemiology; Text messaging

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BEHAVIORAL RISK FACTOR SURVEILLANCE SYSTEM; CAR DRIVING; DRIVER LICENCE; DRIVING ABILITY; ETHNICITY; FEMALE; GOVERNMENT REGULATION; HIGH SCHOOL STUDENT; HUMAN; LAW; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MOBILE PHONE; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TEXT MESSAGING; UNITED STATES; YOUNG ADULT; ADOLESCENT BEHAVIOR; COMPARATIVE STUDY; HIGH RISK BEHAVIOR; LEGISLATION AND JURISPRUDENCE; PREVENTION AND CONTROL; PSYCHOLOGY; QUESTIONNAIRE; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; STUDENT; TRAFFIC ACCIDENT;

ACCIDENTS, TRAFFIC; ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT BEHAVIOR; AUTOMOBILE DRIVING; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; PREVALENCE; RISK-TAKING; STUDENTS; SURVEYS AND QUESTIONNAIRES; TEXT MESSAGING; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84951841097     PISSN: 10472797     EISSN: 18732585     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.annepidem.2015.09.004     Document Type: Article

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