70-mph speed limit and motor vehicular fatalities on interstate highways

American Journal of Emergency Medicine

Volumn 21, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 429-434

  Bartle, Samuel T ^a   Baldwin, Steven T ^b   Johnston, Carden ^b   King, William ^b  

^a VIRGINIA COMMONWEALTH UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b University of Alabama at Birmingham   (United States)

Author keywords

Interstate highways; Motor vehicle crash; Speed limit

Indexed keywords

ACCIDENT PREVENTION; ARTICLE; HUMAN; LAW ENFORCEMENT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MOTOR VEHICLE; POLICE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TRAFFIC ACCIDENT; TRAFFIC SAFETY; UNITED STATES; VELOCITY;

EID: 0141535410     PISSN: 07356757     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0735-6757(03)00096-2     Document Type: Article

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