Air bag-related deaths and serious injuries in children: Injury patterns and imaging findings

American Journal of Neuroradiology

Volumn 19, Issue 9, 1998, Pages 1599-1607

  Marshall, Kelley W ^a   Koch, Bernadette L ^b   Egelhoff, John C ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN HEALTH SYSTEM   (United States)

^b CINCINNATI CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGE; ARTICLE; AUTOPSY; BIOMECHANICS; BRAIN INJURY; CERVICAL SPINE INJURY; CHILD; CHILDHOOD INJURY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRUSH TRAUMA; FATALITY; FEMALE; HEAD INJURY; HUMAN; INFANT; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PROTECTIVE EQUIPMENT; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SKULL INJURY; TRAFFIC ACCIDENT; UNITED STATES;

AIR BAGS; BIOMECHANICS; BRAIN INJURIES; CERVICAL VERTEBRAE; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT EQUIPMENT; MALE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SKULL; SPINAL CORD INJURIES; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; WOUNDS, NONPENETRATING;

EID: 0032471370     PISSN: 01956108     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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