Risk of injury for occupants of motor vehicle collisions from unbelted occupants

Injury Prevention

Volumn 10, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 363-367

  MacLennan, P A ^a,b   McGwin Jr , G ^a,b   Metzger, J ^b   Moran, S G ^a,b   Rue III, L W ^a,b  

^a Kentucky   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA AT BIRMINGHAM   (United States)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ACCIDENT PREVENTION; ADULT; ARTICLE; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DEATH; DEVICE; EXPOSURE; FEMALE; FORCE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; POPULATION RESEARCH; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SEAT; SEATBELT; SEX DIFFERENCE; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; TRAFFIC ACCIDENT; UNITED STATES;

ACCIDENTS, TRAFFIC; ADULT; BIOMECHANICS; COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MOTOR VEHICLES; ODDS RATIO; RISK FACTORS; SEAT BELTS; TRAUMA SEVERITY INDICES; WOUNDS AND INJURIES;

EID: 11444251856     PISSN: 13538047     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/ip.2003.005025     Document Type: Article

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