Factors Affecting Highway Safety, Health Care Services, and Motorization-An Exploratory Empirical Analysis using Aggregate Data

Journal of Transportation Safety and Security

Volumn 4, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 94-115

  Anwaar, Ahmed ^a   Anastasopoulos, Panagiotis ^a   Ong, Ghim Ping ^b   Labi, Samuel ^a   Islam, Mouyid Bin ^c  

^a PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

^c 500 W University Avenue   (United States)

Author keywords

fatality rate; health services; motorization level; road traffic safety

Indexed keywords

EID: 84860343749     PISSN: 19439962     EISSN: 19439970     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/19439962.2011.619372     Document Type: Article

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