Road safety engineering: An effective tool in the fight against whiplash injuries

Accident Analysis and Prevention

Volumn 32, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 271-275

  Navin, Frank ^a   Zein, Sany ^b   Felipe, Emmanuel ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^b Hamilton Associates   (Canada)

Author keywords

Rear end collisions; Road safety; Whiplash injuries

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CANADA; ENGINEERING; HUMAN; RISK FACTOR; SAFETY; TRAFFIC ACCIDENT; WHIPLASH INJURY;

ACCIDENTS, TRAFFIC; BRITISH COLUMBIA; ENGINEERING; HUMANS; RISK FACTORS; SAFETY MANAGEMENT; WHIPLASH INJURIES;

EID: 0034146830     PISSN: 00014575     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0001-4575(99)00077-9     Document Type: Article

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