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Original Articles

Correlation between crash avoidance maneuvers and injury severity sustained by motorcyclists in single-vehicle crashes

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Pages 188-194 | Received 27 Oct 2014, Accepted 23 Apr 2015, Published online: 13 Jan 2016

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