A school-based study of adolescent all-terrain vehicle exposure, safety behaviors, and crash experience.

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More youth are killed every year in the United States in all-terrain vehicle (ATV) crashes than on bicycles, and since 2001, one-fifth of all ATV fatalities have involved victims aged 15 years or younger. Effectively preventing pediatric ATV-related deaths and injuries requires knowledge about youth riding practices. Our objective was to examine ATV use, crash prevalence, and riding behaviors among adolescent students in a rural state.

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Journal ID (iso-abbrev): Ann Fam Med

Title: Annals of family medicine

ISSN (Electronic): 1544-1717

ISSN (Print): 1544-1709

Publication date (Electronic): Jul 2014

Volume: 12

Issue: 4

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[1 ] Department of Emergency Medicine, University of Iowa Carver College of Medicine, Iowa City, Iowa University of Iowa Children's Hospital, Iowa City, Iowa charles-jennissen@uiowa.edu.

[2 ] Department of Emergency Medicine, University of Iowa Carver College of Medicine, Iowa City, Iowa University of Iowa Injury Prevention Research, Iowa City, Iowa.

[3 ] University of Iowa Children's Hospital, Iowa City, Iowa Division of Pediatric Surgery, University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinic, Iowa City, Iowa.

[4 ] US Army Corps of Engineers, Washington, DC.

[5 ] University of Iowa Children's Hospital, Iowa City, Iowa.

[6 ] Department of Emergency Medicine, University of Iowa Carver College of Medicine, Iowa City, Iowa.

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Publisher Item ID: 12/4/310

DOI: 10.1370/afm.1663

PubMed ID: 25024238

SO-VID: 4cf0cc35-f693-4b78-9453-c3ff2c08a937

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Keywords: accidents,adolescent behavior,all-terrain vehicle,helmet,injury prevention,prevention & control,rural,safety

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Keywords: accidents, adolescent behavior, all-terrain vehicle, helmet, injury prevention, prevention & control, rural, safety

A school-based study of adolescent all-terrain vehicle exposure, safety behaviors, and crash experience.

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