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Wang, Tianyu; Cardone, Giuseppe; Corradi, Antonio; Torresani, Lorenzo; Campbell, Andrew T. (1 January 2012). WalkSafe: A Pedestrian Safety App for Mobile Phone Users Who Walk and Talk While Crossing Roads. Twelfth Workshop on Mobile Computing Systems & Applications. pp. 5:1–5:6. doi:10.1145/2162081.2162089ISBN 978-1-4503-1207-3.

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