Automobile supplemental restraint system-induced injuries

Oral Surgery, Oral Medicine, Oral Pathology, Oral Radiology, and Endodontics

Volumn 94, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 143-148

  Boyd, Barry C ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY AT BUFFALO   (United States)

^b Squire Hall ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; CAR; CAUSE OF DEATH; CHILD; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; FACE INJURY; HEAD INJURY; HUMAN; INFANT; INJURY; NECK INJURY; PROTECTIVE EQUIPMENT; REVIEW; RISK ASSESSMENT; SAFETY; TEMPOROMANDIBULAR JOINT; TRAFFIC ACCIDENT;

ACCIDENTS, TRAFFIC; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AIR BAGS; AUTOMOBILES; CAUSE OF DEATH; CHILD; CRANIOCEREBRAL TRAUMA; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; FACIAL INJURIES; HUMANS; INFANT; NECK INJURIES; RISK ASSESSMENT; SAFETY; TEMPOROMANDIBULAR JOINT;

EID: 0036673667     PISSN: 10792104     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1067/moe.2002.121707     Document Type: Article

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