Head injuries in airbag-equipped motor vehicles with special emphasis on AIS 1 and 2 facial and loss of consciousness injuries

Traffic Injury Prevention

Volumn 6, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 170-174

  Huber, C D ^a   Lee, J B ^a   Yang, King H ^a,b   King, A I ^a  

^a Wayne State University   (United States)

^b Bioengineering Center   (United States)

Author keywords

Airbag; Head Injury; Second Generation

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; DATA ANALYSIS; DISEASE SEVERITY; FACE INJURY; HEAD INJURY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PREVALENCE; PROTECTION; PROTECTIVE EQUIPMENT; SAFETY; SEATBELT; TIME; TRAFFIC ACCIDENT; UNCONSCIOUSNESS;

ABBREVIATED INJURY SCALE; ACCIDENTS, TRAFFIC; AIR BAGS; CRANIOCEREBRAL TRAUMA; EQUIPMENT SAFETY; FACIAL INJURIES; HUMANS; SEAT BELTS; UNCONSCIOUSNESS;

EID: 20444371016     PISSN: 15389588     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/15389580590931644     Document Type: Article

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