Differential risk of injury to child occupants by SUV size

Annual Proceedings - Association for the Advancement of Automotive Medicine

Volumn , Issue , 2004, Pages 87-100

  Kallan, Michael J ^a   Durbin, Dennis R ^a,b,c   Elliott, Michael R ^a   Arbogast, Kristy B ^b   Winston, Flaura K ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^b CHILDREN S HOSPITAL OF PHILADELPHIA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

SPORT UTILITY VEHICLE (SUV); VEHICLE WEIGHT;

MEDICINE; RISK ASSESSMENT;

AUTOMOTIVE ENGINEERING;

ARTICLE; CAR; CHILD; CLASSIFICATION; HUMAN; INJURY; STATISTICS; TRAFFIC ACCIDENT; UNITED STATES;

ACCIDENTS, TRAFFIC; AUTOMOBILES; CHILD; HUMANS; UNITED STATES; WOUNDS AND INJURIES;

EID: 16644397644     PISSN: 15400360     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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