Pokémon GO-A new distraction for drivers and pedestrians

JAMA Internal Medicine

Volumn 176, Issue 12, 2016, Pages 1865-1866

  Ayers, John W ^a   Leas, Eric C ^a,b   Dredze, Mark ^c   Allem, Jon Patrick ^d   Grabowski, Jurek G ^e   Hill, Linda ^b  

^a SAN DIEGO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c Johns Hopkins University   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^e AAA Foundation for Traffic Safety   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DRIVER; HUMAN; LETTER; PEDESTRIAN; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SAFETY; TRAFFIC ACCIDENT; VIDEO GAME; CAR DRIVING; DISTRACTED DRIVING; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA;

ACCIDENTS, TRAFFIC; AUTOMOBILE DRIVING; DISTRACTED DRIVING; HUMANS; PEDESTRIANS; VIDEO GAMES;

EID: 85005968161     PISSN: 21686106     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/jamainternmed.2016.6274     Document Type: Letter

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