A retrospective review of air bag deaths

Academic Emergency Medicine

Volumn 6, Issue 7, 1999, Pages 708-714

  McKay, Mary Patricia ^a   Jolly, B Tilman ^a,b  

^a GEORGE WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b Department of Emergency Medicine ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

Adult; Air bag; Child; Deaths; Fatal injury; Infant; Occupant

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BRAIN INJURY; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DECELERATION; DEVICE; DRIVER; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; TRAFFIC ACCIDENT; VELOCITY;

EID: 0032797156     PISSN: 10696563     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1553-2712.1999.tb00439.x     Document Type: Article

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