Comparison of car seats in low speed rear-end impacts using the BioRID dummy and the new neck injury criterion (NIC)

Accident Analysis and Prevention

Volumn 32, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 321-328

  Boström, Ola ^a   Fredriksson, Rikard ^a   Håland, Yngve ^a   Jakobsson, Lotta ^b   Krafft, Maria ^c   Lövsund, Per ^d   Muser, Markus H ^e   Svensson, Mats Y ^d  

^a AUTOLIV RESEARCH   (Sweden)

^b VOLVO CAR CORPORATION   (Sweden)

^c Stockholm and Folksam Research   (Sweden)

^d CHALMERS UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Sweden)

^e ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AUTOMOBILE DRIVER SIMULATORS; AUTOMOBILE SEATS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; RISK PERCEPTION;

BIOFIDELIC REAR IMPACT DUMMIES (BIORID); WHIPLASH ASSOCIATED DISORDERS (WAD);

HIGHWAY ACCIDENTS;

ACCELERATION; ARTICLE; AUDIOVISUAL EQUIPMENT; BIOMECHANICS; COMPARATIVE STUDY; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; HELMET; HUMAN; RISK FACTOR; TRAFFIC ACCIDENT; WHIPLASH INJURY;

ACCELERATION; ACCIDENTS, TRAFFIC; BIOMECHANICS; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; HEAD PROTECTIVE DEVICES; HUMANS; MANIKINS; RISK FACTORS; WHIPLASH INJURIES;

EID: 0034144709     PISSN: 00014575     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0001-4575(99)00105-0     Document Type: Article

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