Child passengers and driver culpability in fatal crashes by driver gender
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Driver Inattention , Driver Distraction and Traffic Crashes
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عنوان ژورنال: Traffic Injury Prevention
سال: 2016
ISSN: 1538-9588,1538-957X
DOI: 10.1080/15389588.2015.1104415