Efficacy of Side Air Bags in Reducing Driver Deaths in Driver-Side Collisions

American Journal of Epidemiology

Volumn 159, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 556-564

  Braver, Elisa R ^a,b   Kyrychenko, Sergey Y ^a  

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

^b UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Accidents, traffic; Air bags; Automobiles; Mortality; Safety; Vehicles

Indexed keywords

ACCIDENT; MORTALITY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CAR; CAR DRIVING; CAUSE OF DEATH; DRIVER; EPIDEMIOLOGICAL DATA; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; PROTECTIVE EQUIPMENT; RISK ASSESSMENT; SAFETY; SIDE AIR BAG; TECHNOLOGY; TRAFFIC ACCIDENT; TRAFFIC SAFETY; UNITED STATES;

ACCIDENTS, TRAFFIC; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AIR BAGS; AUTOMOBILES; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; FEMALE; HEAD PROTECTIVE DEVICES; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; ODDS RATIO; RISK; UNITED STATES;

EID: 1542267793     PISSN: 00029262     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/aje/kwh087     Document Type: Article

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