Seat position and the risk of serious thoracoabdominal injury in lateral motor vehicle crashes

Accident Analysis and Prevention

Volumn 37, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 668-674

  Newgard, Craig D ^a   Lewis, Roger J ^b,c,d   Kraus, Jess F ^e   McConnell, K John ^a  

^a OREGON HEALTH AND SCIENCE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c HARBOR UCLA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^d LOS ANGELES BIOMEDICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Abdominal injury; Motor vehicle crash; Thoracic injury

Indexed keywords

APPROXIMATION THEORY; AUTOMOBILE SEATS; DATABASE SYSTEMS; GROUND VEHICLES; HEALTH HAZARDS; OCCUPATIONAL RISKS; SOCIETIES AND INSTITUTIONS;

ABDOMINAL INJURY; DATA SYSTEM DATABASE; MOTOR VEHICLE CRASH; THORACIC INJURY;

HIGHWAY ACCIDENTS;

ABDOMINAL INJURY; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; RISK FACTOR; SEATBELT; STATISTICAL MODEL; STATISTICS; THORAX INJURY; TRAFFIC ACCIDENT; UNITED STATES;

ABDOMINAL INJURIES; ACCIDENTS, TRAFFIC; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; FEMALE; HUMANS; LIKELIHOOD FUNCTIONS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; RISK FACTORS; SEAT BELTS; THORACIC INJURIES; UNITED STATES;

EID: 19944381595     PISSN: 00014575     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.aap.2005.03.008     Document Type: Article

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