Cost benefits of reduction in motor vehicle injuries with a nationwide speed limit of 65 miles per hour (mph)

Journal of Trauma - Injury, Infection and Critical Care

Volumn 65, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 1122-1125

  Shafi, Shahid ^a,b   Parks, Jennifer ^a   Gentilello, Larry ^a  

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

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT DALLAS   (United States)

Author keywords

Cost benefits; Injury prevention; Motor vehicle injuries

Indexed keywords

ACCIDENT PREVENTION; ARTICLE; COMPUTER PROGRAM; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; COST MINIMIZATION ANALYSIS; HEALTH CARE COST; HELMET; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEATBELT; TRAFFIC ACCIDENT; ECONOMICS; HUMAN; INJURY; STATISTICS; UNITED STATES;

ACCIDENTS, TRAFFIC; COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; HUMANS; UNITED STATES; WOUNDS AND INJURIES;

EID: 67650572504     PISSN: 00225282     EISSN: 15298809     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/TA.0b013e318189a821     Document Type: Article

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