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Relations between adolescent sensation seeking and traffic injury: Multiple-mediating effects of road safety attitudes, intentions and behaviors

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Pages 789-795 | Received 07 Feb 2019, Accepted 08 Sep 2019, Published online: 18 Nov 2019

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