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Economics Research International
Volume 2012 (2012), Article ID 920901, 8 pages
doi:10.1155/2012/920901
Research Article
Medical Cost and Motorcycle Helmet Law in Taiwan
1Department of Economics, National Taipei University, 151 University Road, San Shia, New Taipei 237, Taiwan
2Department of Public Finance, National Taipei University, 151 University Road, San Shia, New Taipei 237, Taiwan
Received 3 January 2012; Accepted 18 March 2012
Academic Editor: Junsen Zhang
Copyright © 2012 Chin-Shyan Chen and Tsai-Ching Liu. This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
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