Two case reports of possible noise trauma after inflation of air bags in low speed car crashes

British Medical Journal

Volumn 318, Issue 7182, 1999, Pages 499-500

  Buckley, Graham ^a   Setchfield, Nicholas ^c   Frampton, Richard ^b  

^a ST JAMES S UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b Vehicle Safety Research Centre   (United Kingdom)

^c NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; FEMALE; HEARING LOSS; HUMAN; MALE; NOISE INJURY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTECTIVE EQUIPMENT; TINNITUS; TRAFFIC ACCIDENT;

EID: 0033585879     PISSN: 09598146     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bmj.318.7182.499     Document Type: Article

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