Impact of the demerit point system on road traffic accident mortality in Spain

Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health

Volumn 64, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 274-276

  Pulido Manzanero, José ^a,b   Lardelli, Pablo ^b,c   De La Fuente, Luis ^a,b,d   Flores, Víctor M ^a   Vallejo, Fernando ^a,b   Regidor, Enrique ^b,e  

^a CARLOS III INSTITUTE OF HEALTH   (Spain)

^b CIBER EPIDEMIOLOGÍA Y SALUD PÚBLICA CIBERESP   (Spain)

^c UNIVERSITY OF GRANADA   (Spain)

^d Secretaria del Plan Nacional sobre el Sida   (Spain)

^e UNIVERSIDAD COMPLUTENSE DE MADRID   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DATA ACQUISITION; IMPLEMENTATION PROCESS; MORTALITY; PARAMETERIZATION; POPULATION DECLINE; SEASONAL VARIATION; TIME SERIES ANALYSIS; TRAFFIC CONGESTION;

ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARTICLE; CAR DRIVING; FEMALE; HUMAN; LEGAL ASPECT; MALE; MORTALITY; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; SPAIN; STATISTICS; TRAFFIC ACCIDENT;

ACCIDENTS, TRAFFIC; ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; AUTOMOBILE DRIVING; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; SPAIN; YOUNG ADULT;

SPAIN;

EID: 77649279742     PISSN: 0143005X     EISSN: 14702738     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/jech.2008.082461     Document Type: Article

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