The Influence of Side Airbags on the Risk of Head and Thoracic Injury after Motor Vehicle Collisions

Journal of Trauma - Injury, Infection and Critical Care

Volumn 56, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 512-517

  McGwin Jr , Gerald ^a,b   Metzger, Jesse ^b   Rue III, Loring W ^a,b   Atweh, Nabil A ^c   Lucas, Charles E ^c   Templeton, John M ^c   Yukioka, Tetsuo ^c  

^a Kentucky   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA AT BIRMINGHAM   (United States)

^c NONE

Author keywords

Head injuries; Motor vehicle collisions; Side airbags; Thoracic injuries

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CALCULATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DRIVER; EVALUATION; FEMALE; HEAD INJURY; HELMET; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MOTOR VEHICLE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTECTIVE EQUIPMENT; RISK ASSESSMENT; SAFETY; SIDE AIRBAG; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; THORAX INJURY; TRAFFIC ACCIDENT;

EID: 1942540687     PISSN: 00225282     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.TA.0000114272.37352.21     Document Type: Article

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