Improved protection for children in forward-facing restraints during side impacts

Traffic Injury Prevention

Volumn 6, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 135-146

  Bilston, Lynne E ^a,b   Brown, Julie ^a   Kelly, Paul ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

^b NEUROSCIENCE RESEARCH AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

Child Injury; Child Restraint; Head Injury; Motor Vehicle Crash; Side Impact

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BIOMECHANICS; CHILDHOOD INJURY; ENERGY; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; EVALUATION; HEAD INJURY; IMMOBILIZATION; MATERIALS; PROTECTION; PROTECTIVE EQUIPMENT; SEATBELT; SIMULATION; STANDARD; TRAFFIC ACCIDENT;

ACCIDENTS, TRAFFIC; BIOMECHANICS; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CRANIOCEREBRAL TRAUMA; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT EQUIPMENT; PROTECTIVE DEVICES; RISK; SHOULDER; THORACIC INJURIES;

EID: 20444422214     PISSN: 15389588     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/15389580590931608     Document Type: Article

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