Pedestrian subsystem head impact results reflect the severity of pedestrian head injuries

International Journal of Vehicle Design

Volumn 32, Issue 1-2, 2003, Pages 1-15

  Anderson, Robert ^a   Streeter, Luke ^a   Ponte, Giulio ^a   Van de Griend, Marleen ^a   Lindsay, Tori ^a   McLean, Jack ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ADELAIDE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Head injury; Pedestrian injury; Subsystem testing

Indexed keywords

ACCIDENT PREVENTION; AUTOMOBILE TESTING; CODES (STANDARDS); COMPUTER SIMULATION; PEDESTRIAN SAFETY;

HEAD INJURIES;

AUTOMOBILE SAFETY DEVICES;

EID: 0038613716     PISSN: 01433369     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1504/IJVD.2003.003233     Document Type: Article

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