Effects of head restraint and seat redesign on neck injury risk in rear-end crashes

Traffic Injury Prevention

Volumn 4, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 83-90

  Farmer, Charles M ^a   Wells, Joann K ^a   Lund, Adrian K ^a  

^a Ins Institute for Highway Safety ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

Head Restraints; Insurance Claims; Motor Vehicle Crashes; Whiplash

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; HELMET; HUMAN; INSURANCE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NECK INJURY; RISK FACTOR; SEATBELT; SEX DIFFERENCE; TRAFFIC ACCIDENT; TRAFFIC SAFETY; WHIPLASH INJURY;

ACCIDENTS, TRAFFIC; AUTOMOBILES; CONSUMER PRODUCT SAFETY; DATABASES; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; FEMALE; HEAD PROTECTIVE DEVICES; HUMANS; INSURANCE CLAIM REPORTING; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; SEX FACTORS; UNITED STATES; WHIPLASH INJURIES;

EID: 0037768297     PISSN: 15389588     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/15389580309867     Document Type: Article

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