Determinants of road traffic crash fatalities across indian states

Health Economics (United Kingdom)

Volumn 22, Issue 8, 2013, Pages 915-930

  Grimm, Michael ^a,b,c   Treibich, Carole ^a,d  

^a INSTITUTE OF SOCIAL STUDIES   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PASSAU   (Germany)

^c IZA   (Germany)

^d PARIS SCHOOL OF ECONOMICS   (France)

Author keywords

India; road rule enforcement; traffic safety; transportation; urbanization; vulnerable road users

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; DEMOGRAPHY; DRIVER; FATALITY; FEMALE; GOVERNMENT; HEALTH INSURANCE; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; INCOME; INDIA; MALE; MOTOR VEHICLE; PEDESTRIAN; POPULATION STRUCTURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TRAFFIC ACCIDENT; URBANIZATION; VULNERABLE POPULATION;

INDIA; ROAD RULE ENFORCEMENT; TRAFFIC SAFETY; TRANSPORTATION; URBANIZATION; VULNERABLE ROAD USERS;

ACCIDENTS, TRAFFIC; AUTOMOBILES; ETHNIC GROUPS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCOME; INDIA; MALE; MOTOR VEHICLES; POPULATION DENSITY; RISK FACTORS; SEX FACTORS;

EID: 84880136806     PISSN: 10579230     EISSN: 10991050     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/hec.2870     Document Type: Article

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