The performance of various rear facing child restraint systems in a frontal crash

Annual Proceedings - Association for the Advancement of Automotive Medicine

Volumn , Issue , 2004, Pages 303-321

  Sherwood, C P ^a   Abdelilah, Y ^a   Crandall, J R ^a   Stevens, S L ^b   Saggese, J M ^b   Eichelberger, M R ^b  

^a University of Virginia   (United States)

^b CHILDREN'S NATIONAL MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CRASHWORTHINESS; HIGHWAY ACCIDENTS; KINEMATICS;

FORWARD FACING (FF) CHILD RESTRAINT DESIGNS; FRONTAL CRASH; ISOFIX SYSTEM; REAR FACING CHILD RESTRAINT SYSTEMS;

AUTOMOBILE PARTS AND EQUIPMENT;

ACCELERATION; ARTICLE; BIOMECHANICS; EQUIPMENT; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; HEAD; HUMAN; MATERIALS TESTING; PHYSIOLOGY; PROTECTIVE EQUIPMENT; ROTATION; TRAFFIC ACCIDENT;

ACCELERATION; ACCIDENTS, TRAFFIC; BIOMECHANICS; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; HEAD; HUMANS; INFANT EQUIPMENT; MATERIALS TESTING; PROTECTIVE DEVICES; ROTATION;

EID: 16644379075     PISSN: 15400360     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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