A comprehensive program to improve safety for pregnant women and fetuses in motor vehicle crashes: A preliminary report

American Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology

Volumn 182, Issue 6, 2000, Pages 1554-1564

  Pearlman, Mark D ^a   Klinich, Kathleen DeSantis ^b   Schneider, Lawrence W ^b   Rupp, Jonathan ^b   Moss, Steve ^d   Ashton Miller, James ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN HEALTH SYSTEM   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^c University of Michigan   (United States)

^d First Technology Safety Systems Inc   (United States)

Author keywords

Fetal loss; Injury mechanisms; Motor vehicle crashes; Trauma in pregnancy

Indexed keywords

CONFERENCE PAPER; FEMALE; FETUS WASTAGE; HUMAN; MYOMETRIUM; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SAFETY; SEATBELT; SOLUTIO PLACENTAE; TRAFFIC ACCIDENT; UTERUS;

EID: 0033918808     PISSN: 00029378     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1067/mob.2000.106850     Document Type: Article

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