Experimental injury study of children seated behind collapsing front seats in rear impacts

Biomedical Sciences Instrumentation

Volumn 39, Issue , 2003, Pages 259-265

  Saczalski, Kenneth J ^a   Sances Jr , Anthony ^b   Kumaresan, Srirangam ^b   Burton, Joseph L ^c   Lewis Jr , Paul R ^c  

^a Environ Res/Safety TI   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c Burton and Associates   (United States)

Author keywords

Biomechanics; Child Head Injury; Children; Experimental Methods; Rear Impacts; Rear Seated Children; Seat Collapse

Indexed keywords

ACCELERATION; AUTOMOBILE SEATS; BIOMECHANICS; POLYNOMIALS; VELOCITY;

SLED-BUCK TEST;

ACCIDENTS;

ACCELERATION; ANALYTIC METHOD; BIOMECHANICS; CHILDHOOD INJURY; CONFERENCE PAPER; FACTORIAL ANALYSIS; FORCE; HEAD INJURY; TRAFFIC ACCIDENT;

ACCIDENTS, TRAFFIC; ADULT; AUTOMOBILES; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CRANIOCEREBRAL TRAUMA; EQUIPMENT FAILURE ANALYSIS; FACTOR ANALYSIS, STATISTICAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; KINETICS; MALE; MANIKINS; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; MODELS, STATISTICAL; MOTION; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEAT BELTS; STRESS, MECHANICAL; UNITED STATES; WOUNDS AND INJURIES;

EID: 0037255547     PISSN: 00678856     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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