Citation

Stecklov G, Goldstein JR. Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. U. S. A. 2004; 101(40): 14551-14556.

Copyright

(Copyright © 2004, National Academy of Sciences)

DOI

10.1073/pnas.0402483101

PMID

unavailable

Abstract

Terror attacks in Israel produce a temporary lull in light accidents followed by a 35% spike in fatal accidents on Israeli roads 3 days after the attack. Our results are based on time-series analysis of Israeli traffic flows, accidents, and terror attacks from January 2001 through June 2002. Whereas prior studies have focused on subjective reports of posttraumatic stress, our study shows a population-level behavioral response to violent terror attacks.

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