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Some Crashes Are More Unintentional Than Others: A Reply to Blanchard, Hicking, and Kuhn

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  1. Department of Counseling and Human Development Services, The University of Georgia, Athens, Georgia

    Alan E. Stewart

  2. Crime Victim Issues, Arlington, Texas

    Janice Harris Lord (National Consultant)

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Stewart, A.E., Lord, J.H. Some Crashes Are More Unintentional Than Others: A Reply to Blanchard, Hicking, and Kuhn. J Trauma Stress 16, 529–530 (2003). https://doi.org/10.1023/A:1025779015914

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