An evaluation of the association between vehicle type and the source and severity of pedestrian injuries

Traffic Injury Prevention

Volumn 6, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 185-192

  Roudsari, Bahman S ^a,b   Mock, Charles N ^a   Kaufman, Robert ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^b NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

Injury; Pedestrian; Safety; Vehicle

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL INJURY; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARM INJURY; ARTICLE; CAR; CHILD; EVALUATION; FACE INJURY; FEMALE; GEOMETRY; HEAD INJURY; HUMAN; INJURY SCALE; LEG INJURY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MOTOR VEHICLE; PEDESTRIAN; RISK FACTOR; SAFETY; SPINE INJURY; THORAX INJURY; TRAFFIC ACCIDENT;

ACCIDENTS, TRAFFIC; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; CHILD; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MOTOR VEHICLES; WALKING;

EID: 20444419423     PISSN: 15389588     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/15389580590931680     Document Type: Article

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