On burn injuries related to airbag deployment

Burns

Volumn 25, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 49-52

  Baruchin, A M ^a,c   Jakim, I ^a   Rosenberg, L ^b,c   Nahlieli, O ^a,d  

^a BARZILAI MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

^b BEN GURION UNIVERSITY OF THE NEGEV   (Israel)

^c BEN GURION UNIVERSITY OF THE NEGEV   (Israel)

^d HEBREW UNIVERSITY OF JERUSALEM   (Israel)

Author keywords

Accident; Airbags adverse effects; Burns chemically induced

Indexed keywords

BURN; CHEMICAL BURN; DEVICE; FRICTION; HUMAN; MORBIDITY; MOTOR VEHICLE; SHORT SURVEY; THERMAL INJURY; TRAFFIC ACCIDENT;

EID: 0033084137     PISSN: 03054179     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0305-4179(98)00110-7     Document Type: Article

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