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- Title
Vital Signs: Drinking and Driving Among High School Students Aged ≥ 16 Years- United States, 1991-2011.
- Authors
Shults, Ruth A.; Olsen, Emily O'Malley
- Abstract
The article presents Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report (MMWR) from the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) on the topic drinking and driving among high school students in the U.S. It mentions that the vehicle accidents are the major cause of death among teenagers aged 16 to 19 years in the U.S. as in the year 2010 approximately 2,211 passenger vehicle occupants have died due to road accidents and found with positive blood alcohol concentration (BAC). It also mentions that CDC has used National Youth Risk Behavior Surveys (YRBS) to determine the trends in drinking and driving among students of high school in the U.S. in crashes on public roadways with positive blood alcohol concentration (BAC). It also discusses that INSET: Key Points.
- Subjects
UNITED States; MORBIDITY &; Mortality Weekly Report (Periodical); CENTERS for Disease Control &; Prevention (U.S.); DRUNK driving; HIGH schools; TRAFFIC accidents; TEENAGERS &; death; UNDERAGE drinking; SURVEYS
- Publication
JAMA: Journal of the American Medical Association, 2012, Vol 308, Issue 20, p2074
- ISSN
0098-7484
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1001/jama.2012.14817