Reductions in deaths in frontal crashes among right front passengers in vehicles equipped with passenger air bags

JAMA

Volumn 278, Issue 17, 1997, Pages 1437-1439

  Braver, Elisa R ^a   Ferguson, Susan A ^a   Greene, Michael A ^a   Lund, Adrian K ^a  

^a Insurance Institute for Highway Safety   (United States)

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Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; FATALITY; FEMALE; HEAD INJURY; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NECK INJURY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTECTIVE EQUIPMENT; SEATBELT; TRAFFIC ACCIDENT;

EID: 0030716956     PISSN: 00987484     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/jama.1997.03550170067034     Document Type: Article

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