Injury rates among restrained drivers in motor vehicle collisions; the role of body habitus

Journal of Trauma

Volumn 52, Issue 6, 2002, Pages 1116-1120

  Moran, Stephan G ^a,c,d   McGwin, Gerald ^a,b,c,d   Metzger, Jesse S ^a,c,d   Windham, Samuel T ^c   Reiff, Donald A ^a,c,d   Rue, Loring W ^a,c,d  

^a Department of Surgery   (United States)

^b School of Public Health ^*  (United States)

^c Center for Injury Sciences   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA AT BIRMINGHAM   (United States)

Author keywords

Anthropometry; Crash dummy; Crashworthiness; Habitus; Motor vehicle collision (MVC); Vehicle design

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL INJURY; ANTHROPOMETRY; ARTICLE; BIONICS; BODY BUILD; BODY HEIGHT; BODY WEIGHT; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; HEAD INJURY; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INJURY; INJURY SCALE; LEG INJURY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEATBELT; TRAFFIC ACCIDENT;

EID: 0036084111     PISSN: 00225282     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00005373-200206000-00015     Document Type: Article

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