Relationship of head restraint positioning to driver neck injury in rear-end crashes

Accident Analysis and Prevention

Volumn 31, Issue 6, 1999, Pages 719-728

  Farmer, Charles M ^a   Wells, Joann K ^a   Werner, John V ^b  

^a 1005 North Glebe Road ^*  (United States)

^b State Farm Mutual Automobile Insurance Company   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACCIDENT PREVENTION; AUTOMOBILE DRIVERS; HEALTH INSURANCE;

HEAD RESTRAINTS; NECK INJURY; WHIPLASH;

HIGHWAY ACCIDENTS;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; FEMALE; HELMET; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NECK INJURY; TRAFFIC ACCIDENT;

ACCIDENTS, TRAFFIC; ADULT; AGED; FEMALE; HEAD PROTECTIVE DEVICES; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NECK INJURIES;

EID: 0032588283     PISSN: 00014575     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0001-4575(99)00035-4     Document Type: Article

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