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Original Articles

Children at risk: A comparison of child pedestrian traffic collisions in Santiago, Chile, and Seoul, South Korea

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Pages 304-312 | Received 18 Jul 2014, Accepted 04 Jun 2015, Published online: 10 Feb 2016

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