Evaluation of the health effects of the new driving penalty point system in the Lazio Region, Italy, 2001-4

Injury Prevention

Volumn 13, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 60-64

  Farchi, Sara ^a,b   Chini, Francesco ^a   Rossi, Paolo Giorgi ^a   Camilloni, Laura ^a   Borgia, Piero ^a   Guasticchi, Gabriella ^a  

^a Public Health Agency   (Italy)

^b Public Health Agency of Lazio Region   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACCIDENT PREVENTION; ARTICLE; CAR DRIVING; EMERGENCY TREATMENT; EVALUATION; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; ITALY; LEGAL ASPECT; MORTALITY; RISK; STATISTICS; TRAFFIC ACCIDENT;

ACCIDENT PREVENTION; ACCIDENTS, TRAFFIC; AUTOMOBILE DRIVING; EMERGENCY TREATMENT; HUMANS; ITALY; ODDS RATIO; PATIENT ADMISSION; RISK;

EID: 33847335037     PISSN: 13538047     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/ip.2006.012260     Document Type: Article

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