Off-road vehicle fatalities: A comparison of all-terrain vehicle and snowmobile accidents in Sweden
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عنوان ژورنال: IATSS Research
سال: 2013
ISSN: 0386-1112
DOI: 10.1016/j.iatssr.2013.06.002