Developing a model law restricting the transporting of passengers in the cargo areas of pickup trucks

Journal of Public Health Policy

Volumn 21, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 61-81

  Christoffel, Tom ^a   Agran, Phyllis ^b   Winn, Diane ^b   Anderson, Craig ^b   Del Valle, Celeste ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACCIDENT PREVENTION; ARTICLE; HIGHWAY; LAW; MODEL; MOTORIZED TRANSPORT; PUNISHMENT; TRAFFIC ACCIDENT; TRAFFIC SAFETY; VELOCITY;

ACCIDENTS, TRAFFIC; HUMANS; MOTOR VEHICLES; TRANSPORTATION; UNITED STATES; WOUNDS AND INJURIES;

EID: 0034022315     PISSN: 01975897     EISSN: 1745655X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/3343474     Document Type: Article

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