Long-term effects of repealing the national maximum speed limit in the United States

American Journal of Public Health

Volumn 99, Issue 9, 2009, Pages 1626-1631

  Friedman, Lee S ^a,b   Hedeker, Donald ^a   Richter, Elihu D ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT CHICAGO   (United States)

^b Social Policy Research Institute   (United States)

^c HEBREW UNIVERSITY OF JERUSALEM   (Israel)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; MORTALITY; RURAL AREA; TRAFFIC ACCIDENT; TRAFFIC SAFETY; UNITED STATES; URBAN AREA;

ACCIDENTS, TRAFFIC; AUTOMOBILE DRIVING; GOVERNMENT REGULATION; HUMANS; PROGRAM EVALUATION; PUBLIC POLICY; SURVIVAL RATE; TRANSPORTATION; UNITED STATES; WOUNDS AND INJURIES;

EID: 69049109866     PISSN: 00900036     EISSN: 15410048     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2105/AJPH.2008.153726     Document Type: Article

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