Per se drugged driving laws and traffic fatalities

International Review of Law and Economics

Volumn 42, Issue , 2015, Pages 122-134

  Anderson, D Mark ^a   Rees, Daniel I ^b  

^a MONTANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

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EID: 84923931862     PISSN: 01448188     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.irle.2015.02.004     Document Type: Article

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