Modeling severities of motorcycle crashes using random parameters
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Characteristics of Motorcycle Crashes
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عنوان ژورنال: Journal of Traffic and Transportation Engineering (English Edition)
سال: 2021
ISSN: 2095-7564
DOI: 10.1016/j.jtte.2020.01.001