The effect on collisions with injuries of a reduction in traffic citations issued by police officers

Injury Prevention

Volumn 16, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 393-397

  Blais, Etienne ^a,b,c   Gagne, Marie Pier ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

^b INTERUNIVERSITY RESEARCH CENTRE ON ENTERPRISE NETWORKS   (Canada)

^c Quebec National Institute for Public Health (INSPQ)   (Canada)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CANADA; CAR DRIVING; FEMALE; HUMAN; INJURY; LAW ENFORCEMENT; LEGAL ASPECT; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MORTALITY; MOTIVATION; POLICE; STATISTICS; TRAFFIC ACCIDENT; VALIDATION STUDY;

ACCIDENTS, TRAFFIC; AUTOMOBILE DRIVING; FEMALE; HUMANS; LAW ENFORCEMENT; MALE; MOTIVATION; POLICE; QUEBEC; WOUNDS AND INJURIES;

EID: 78649770730     PISSN: 13538047     EISSN: 14755785     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/ip.2009.025379     Document Type: Article

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