Operational criteria of causality for observational road safety evaluation studies

Transportation Research Record

Volumn , Issue 2019, 2007, Pages 74-81

  Elvik, Rune ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF TRANSPORT ECONOMICS   (Norway)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACCIDENT PREVENTION; DISEASES; EPIDEMIOLOGY; STATISTICAL METHODS;

NONCAUSAL STATISTICAL ASSOCIATION; ROAD SAFETY;

HIGHWAY ACCIDENTS;

EID: 41549154801     PISSN: 03611981     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3141/2019-10     Document Type: Article

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