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Original Articles

Normative Misperceptions of Peer Seat Belt Use Among High School Students and Their Relationship to Personal Seat Belt Use

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Pages 748-752 | Received 23 May 2013, Accepted 20 Nov 2013, Published online: 12 Jun 2014

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