Lower limb injuries to passenger car occupants

Accident Analysis and Prevention

Volumn 29, Issue 6, 1997, Pages 785-791

  Fildes, Brian ^a   Lenard, Jim ^a   Lane, John ^a   Vulcan, Peter ^a   Seyer, Keith ^b  

^a MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b Federal Office of Road Safety ^*  (Australia)

Author keywords

Accident; Evaluation; Injury; Injury mechanism; Lower limbs; Safety; Test method; Vehicle occupant

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANKLE INJURY; ARTICLE; DISLOCATION; FEMALE; FRACTURE; HUMAN; KNEE INJURY; LEG INJURY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; TRAFFIC ACCIDENT;

ACCIDENTS, TRAFFIC; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANKLE INJURIES; DISLOCATIONS; FEMALE; FRACTURES, BONE; HUMANS; KNEE INJURIES; LEG INJURIES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED;

EID: 0031279602     PISSN: 00014575     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0001-4575(97)00047-X     Document Type: Article

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