Impact of the Illinois seat belt use law on accidents, deaths, and injuries
β Scribed by S.M. Rock
- Publisher
- Elsevier Science
- Year
- 1993
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 104 KB
- Volume
- 24
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0022-4375
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