The impact of 20 mph traffic speed zones on inequalities in road casualties in London

Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health

Volumn 65, Issue 10, 2011, Pages 921-926

  Steinbach, Rebecca ^a   Grundy, Chris ^a   Edwards, Phil ^a   Wilkinson, Paul ^a   Green, Judith ^a  

^a LONDON SCHOOL OF HYGIENE AND TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COLLISION; HEALTH RISK; INJURY; LEGISLATIVE IMPLEMENTATION; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; PEDESTRIAN; RISK FACTOR; SOCIOECONOMIC STATUS; TRAFFIC CONGESTION;

ARTICLE; CAR DRIVING; DECELERATION; FACTUAL DATABASE; HUMAN; INJURY; MORTALITY; POVERTY; STATISTICS; TRAFFIC ACCIDENT; UNITED KINGDOM;

ACCIDENTS, TRAFFIC; AUTOMOBILE DRIVING; DATABASES, FACTUAL; DECELERATION; HUMANS; LONDON; POVERTY AREAS; WOUNDS AND INJURIES;

ENGLAND; LONDON [ENGLAND]; UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 80955123892     PISSN: 0143005X     EISSN: 14702738     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/jech.2010.112193     Document Type: Article

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