Speed, road injury, and public health

Annual Review of Public Health

Volumn 27, Issue , 2006, Pages 125-152

  Richter, Elihu D ^a   Berman, Tamar ^a   Friedman, Lee ^b   Ben David, Gerald ^c  

^a HEBREW UNIVERSITY OF JERUSALEM   (Israel)

^b Social Policy Research Institute   (United States)

^c Noam Center for Road Injury Prevention ^*  (Israel)

Author keywords

Road injury; Speed cameras; Speed limits; Travel speed

Indexed keywords

ACCIDENT PREVENTION; ADAPTATION; AUSTRALIA; CAMERA; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; DEATH; FRANCE; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; MORTALITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK REDUCTION; TRAFFIC ACCIDENT; UNITED KINGDOM; UNITED STATES; VELOCITY;

ACCELERATION; ACCIDENTS, TRAFFIC; AUTOMOBILE DRIVING; EUROPE; HUMANS; PUBLIC HEALTH; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK-TAKING; SAFETY; UNITED STATES;

EID: 33645811512     PISSN: 01637525     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1146/annurev.publhealth.27.021405.102225     Document Type: Review

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