Injuries associated with airbag deployment

Emergency Medicine Journal

Volumn 19, Issue 6, 2002, Pages 490-493

  Wallis, L A ^b   Greaves, I ^a  

^a PETERBOROUGH DISTRICT HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b DERRIFORD HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AIRBAG; CAR; CHILDHOOD INJURY; DEATH; DEVICE; HEAD AND NECK INJURY; HUMAN; INJURY; LIMB INJURY; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; MOTOR VEHICLE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; TECHNOLOGY; THORAX INJURY; TRAFFIC ACCIDENT; TRAFFIC SAFETY; UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 0036848829     PISSN: 13510622     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/emj.19.6.490     Document Type: Review

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