Vehicle crashworthiness and the older motorist

Ageing and Society

Volumn 23, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 395-409

  Morris, Andrew ^a   Welsh, Ruth ^a   Frampton, Richard ^a   Charlton, Jude ^b   Fildes, Brian ^b  

^a LOUGHBOROUGH UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Accident analysis; Accidental injuries; Chest injuries; Head injuries; Vehicle accidents

Indexed keywords

ELDERLY POPULATION;

EID: 0041530194     PISSN: 0144686X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0144686X03001223     Document Type: Article

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