How future trends in societal aging, air bag availability, seat belt use, and fleet composition will affect serious injury risk and occurrence in the united states

Traffic Injury Prevention

Volumn 4, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 24-32

  Kent, Richard ^a   Funk, Jim ^a   Crandall, Jeff ^a  

^a University of Virginia   (United States)

Author keywords

Aging; Air Bag Availability; Compatibility; Future Trends; Injury Projections; Seat Belt Use

Indexed keywords

AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; AGING; ARTICLE; CAR DRIVING; CRUSH TRAUMA; HUMAN; PROTECTIVE EQUIPMENT; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK MANAGEMENT; SEATBELT; SOCIETY; TRAFFIC ACCIDENT; UNITED STATES;

ACCIDENTS, TRAFFIC; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AIR BAGS; AUTOMOBILE DRIVING; FEMALE; FORECASTING; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOTOR VEHICLES; POPULATION DYNAMICS; PROBABILITY; RISK FACTORS; SEAT BELTS; UNITED STATES; WOUNDS AND INJURIES;

EID: 0037341385     PISSN: 15389588     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/15389580309854     Document Type: Article

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