A nationwide speed limit ≤65 miles per hour will save thousands of lives

American Journal of Surgery

Volumn 193, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 719-722

  Shafi, Shahid ^a   Gentilello, Larry ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS SOUTHWESTERN MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Injury prevention; Motor vehicle fatalities; NMSL; Speed limits; Traffic fatalities

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CALCULATION; CAR DRIVING; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; FATALITY; HUMAN; MORTALITY; MOTOR VEHICLE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RISK MANAGEMENT; TRAFFIC ACCIDENT; UNITED STATES; VELOCITY;

ACCIDENTS, TRAFFIC; ADULT; AUTOMOBILE DRIVING; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MALE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RURAL POPULATION; SURVIVAL RATE; UNITED STATES; URBAN POPULATION; WOUNDS AND INJURIES;

EID: 34248598561     PISSN: 00029610     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.amjsurg.2006.10.023     Document Type: Article

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