Mistaken assertions on reducing motor vehicle injury.
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The influence of motor vehicle legislation on injury claim incidence.
BACKGROUND Although there have been numerous strategies to prevent motor vehicle collisions and their subsequent injuries, few have been effective in preventing motor vehicle injury claims. In this paper, we examine the role of legislation and compensation system in altering injury claim incidence. METHODS The population base for our natural experiment was all Saskatchewan, Manitoba, British ...
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عنوان ژورنال: American Journal of Public Health
سال: 1997
ISSN: 0090-0036,1541-0048
DOI: 10.2105/ajph.87.2.295