Factors affecting pelvic and thoracic forces in near-side impact crashes: A study of US-NCAP, NASS, and CIREN data

Accident Analysis and Prevention

Volumn 37, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 287-293

  Tencer, Allan F ^a,b   Kaufman, Robert ^b   MacK, Christopher ^b   Mock, Charles ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

Auto crashes; Biomechanics; Pelvic injury; Side impact; Thoracic injury

Indexed keywords

ACCELERATION; AUTOMOBILE DRIVER SIMULATORS; AUTOMOBILE DRIVERS; BIOMECHANICS; DATA ACQUISITION; GROUND VEHICLES; PROJECT MANAGEMENT; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; VELOCITY CONTROL;

AUTO CRASHES; PELVIC INJURY; SIDE IMPACT; THORACIC INJURY;

ACCIDENT PREVENTION;

ACCELERATION; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; BIOMECHANICS; CAR; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; HUMAN; INJURY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PELVIS; STATISTICAL MODEL; STATISTICS; THORAX INJURY; TRAFFIC ACCIDENT;

ACCELERATION; ACCIDENTS, TRAFFIC; AUTOMOBILES; BIOMECHANICS; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; HUMANS; LINEAR MODELS; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; PELVIS; THORACIC INJURIES; WOUNDS AND INJURIES;

EID: 12344257895     PISSN: 00014575     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.aap.2004.09.005     Document Type: Article

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