Test of Swedish anti-skid devices on five different slippery surfaces

Accident Analysis and Prevention

Volumn 33, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 1-8

  Gard, Gunvor ^a   Lundborg, Glenn ^b  

^a LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b LULEÅ UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Anti skid devices; Safety; Slippery surface

Indexed keywords

ICE;

AGED; ARTICLE; BIOENGINEERING; BIOMEDICAL TECHNOLOGY ASSESSMENT; BODY EQUILIBRIUM; COMPARATIVE STUDY; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; FALLING; FEMALE; HUMAN; INJURY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOVEMENT (PHYSIOLOGY); PROTECTIVE EQUIPMENT; SHOE; SWEDEN; TRAFFIC ACCIDENT; WALKING;

ACCIDENTAL FALLS; ACCIDENTS, TRAFFIC; AGED; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; FEMALE; HUMAN ENGINEERING; HUMANS; ICE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOVEMENT; MUSCULOSKELETAL EQUILIBRIUM; PROTECTIVE DEVICES; SHOES; SWEDEN; TECHNOLOGY ASSESSMENT, BIOMEDICAL; WALKING;

EID: 0035220772     PISSN: 00014575     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0001-4575(00)00002-6     Document Type: Article

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