Implications of the 65-mph speed limit for traffic safety

Evaluation Review

Volumn 23, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 304-315

  Houston, David J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE   (United States)

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Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CAR DRIVING; HUMAN; LEGAL ASPECT; MORTALITY; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RISK ASSESSMENT; STATISTICS; THEORETICAL MODEL; TRAFFIC ACCIDENT; UNITED STATES;

ACCIDENTS, TRAFFIC; AUTOMOBILE DRIVING; HUMANS; LEAST-SQUARES ANALYSIS; MODELS, THEORETICAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0033143494     PISSN: 0193841X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0193841X9902300303     Document Type: Article

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