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Traffic Injury Prevention Volume 21, 2020 - Issue sup1: Peer-Reviewed Journal for the 64th Annual Scientific Conference of the Association for the Advancement of Automotive Medicine (AAAM)
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Should airbags be deactivated for wheelchair-seated drivers?

Jingwen HuUniversity of Michigan Transportation Research Institute, Ann Arbor, Michigan, USACorrespondence[email protected]
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Nichole OrtonUniversity of Michigan Transportation Research Institute, Ann Arbor, Michigan, USAView further author information
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Miriam A. ManaryUniversity of Michigan Transportation Research Institute, Ann Arbor, Michigan, USAView further author information
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Kyle BoyleUniversity of Michigan Transportation Research Institute, Ann Arbor, Michigan, USAView further author information
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Lawrence W. SchneiderUniversity of Michigan Transportation Research Institute, Ann Arbor, Michigan, USAView further author information
Pages S37-S42 | Received 05 Mar 2020, Accepted 01 Jun 2020, Published online: 12 Jun 2020

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