Effect of airbag deployment on head injuries in severe passenger motor vehicle crashes in ontario, canada

Journal of Trauma

Volumn 54, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 266-272

  Stewart, Tanya Charyk ^a   Girotti, Murray J ^a   Nikore, Vineet ^a   Williamson, Joyce ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Airbags; Head injuries; Motor vehicle collisions

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ARTICLE; CANADA; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEATH; DISEASE SEVERITY; DRIVER; EPIDEMIOLOGICAL DATA; FEMALE; HEAD INJURY; HUMAN; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; MOTOR VEHICLE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTECTIVE EQUIPMENT; SCHOOL CHILD; SEATBELT; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; TRAFFIC ACCIDENT;

ACCIDENTS, TRAFFIC; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AIR BAGS; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CHILD; CRANIOCEREBRAL TRAUMA; FEMALE; HUMANS; INJURY SEVERITY SCORE; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; ONTARIO; SEAT BELTS; SEX DISTRIBUTION;

EID: 0037298537     PISSN: 00225282     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.TA.0000038699.47295.2D     Document Type: Article

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