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Psychological Sequelae of Road Traffic Accidents: An Inadequately Addressed Problem

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  02 January 2018

William Li. Parry-Jones
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Department of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, University of Glasgow, Scotland
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Copyright © 1996 The Royal College of Psychiatrists 

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