US traffic fatalities, 1985-2014, and their relationship to medical marijuana laws

American Journal of Public Health

Volumn 107, Issue 2, 2017, Pages 336-342

  Santaella Tenorio, Julian ^a   Mauro, Christine M ^a   Wall, Melanie M ^a   Kim, June H ^a   Cerdá, Magdalena ^b   Keyes, Katherine M ^a   Hasin, Deborah S ^a   Galea, Sandro ^c   Martins, Silvia S ^a  

^a Mailman School of Public Health ^*  (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c BOSTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MEDICAL CANNABIS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; EPIDEMIOLOGY; FEMALE; GOVERNMENT; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MORTALITY; RISK FACTOR; TRAFFIC ACCIDENT; UNITED STATES;

ACCIDENTS, TRAFFIC; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MEDICAL MARIJUANA; MIDDLE AGED; RISK FACTORS; STATE GOVERNMENT; UNITED STATES;

EID: 85020677148     PISSN: 00900036     EISSN: 15410048     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2105/AJPH.2016.303577     Document Type: Article

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