Traffic fatalities and economic growth

Accident Analysis and Prevention

Volumn 37, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 169-178

  Kopits, Elizabeth ^a   Cropper, Maureen ^b  

^a U S ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

Author keywords

Fatalities per vehicle; Motorization; Traffic fatality projections

Indexed keywords

ECONOMIC GROWTH; FATALITIES PER VEHICLES; MOTORIZATION; TRAFFIC FATALITY PROJECTIONS;

APPROXIMATION THEORY; DATA ACQUISITION; ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL EFFECTS; GEOGRAPHICAL REGIONS; HEALTH HAZARDS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; RISK ASSESSMENT;

HIGHWAY ACCIDENTS;

ARTICLE; CAR; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; ECONOMICS; HUMAN; INCOME; MORTALITY; STATISTICAL MODEL; STATISTICS; TRAFFIC ACCIDENT;

ACCIDENTS, TRAFFIC; AUTOMOBILES; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; HUMANS; INCOME; LINEAR MODELS; MODELS, STATISTICAL;

EID: 10444280007     PISSN: 00014575     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.aap.2004.04.006     Document Type: Article

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