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Traffic Injury Prevention Volume 12, 2011 - Issue 6
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Identifying Significant Predictors of Head-on Conflicts on Two-Lane Rural Roads Using Inductive Loop Detectors Data

Afshin Shariat-Mohaymany School of Civil Engineering, Iran University of Science and Technology, Narmak, Tehran, Iran
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Ali Tavakoli-Kashani School of Civil Engineering, Iran University of Science and Technology, Narmak, Tehran, Iran
,
Hadi Nosrati Islamic Azad University, Science and Research Branch, Tehran, Iran
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Andisheh Ranjbari School of Civil Engineering, Iran University of Science and Technology, Narmak, Tehran, Iran
Pages 636-641 | Received 11 Jun 2011, Accepted 05 Sep 2011, Published online: 01 Dec 2011

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