The Effect of State Regulations on Motor Vehicle Fatalities for Younger and Older Drivers: A Review and Analysis

Milbank Quarterly

Volumn 79, Issue 4, 2001, Pages 517-545

  Grabowski, David C ^a   Morrisey, Michael A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA AT BIRMINGHAM   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; AGE; AGED; AGING; CAR DRIVING; COGNITIVE DEFECT; DRINKING BEHAVIOR; DRIVER LICENCE; EDUCATION; FEMALE; GOVERNMENT; HIGH RISK BEHAVIOR; HUMAN; LEGAL ASPECT; LICENSING; MALE; MANAGEMENT; MORTALITY; PEER GROUP; PHYSIOLOGY; POLICY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOMOTOR DISORDER; REVIEW; RISK FACTOR; SEATBELT; SURVIVAL RATE; TAX; TRAFFIC ACCIDENT; UNITED STATES; VISUAL DISORDER;

ACCIDENTS, TRAFFIC; ADOLESCENT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGING; ALCOHOL DRINKING; AUTOMOBILE DRIVER EXAMINATION; AUTOMOBILE DRIVING; COGNITION DISORDERS; FEMALE; HUMANS; LICENSURE; MALE; PEER GROUP; POLICY MAKING; PSYCHOMOTOR DISORDERS; PUBLIC POLICY; RISK FACTORS; RISK-TAKING; SEAT BELTS; STATE GOVERNMENT; SURVIVAL RATE; TAXES; UNITED STATES; VISION DISORDERS;

EID: 0035751138     PISSN: 0887378X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1468-0009.00220     Document Type: Article

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