Multivariate head injury threshold measures for various sized children seated behind vehicle seats in rear impacts

Biomedical Sciences Instrumentation

Volumn 40, Issue , 2004, Pages 381-386

  Saczalski, Kenneth ^a   Sances Jr , Anthony ^b   Kumaresan, Srirangam ^b   Pozzi, Mark ^c   Saczalski, Todd ^d   Burton, J L ^e   Lewis Jr , P ^e  

^a Environ Res/Safety Technol Inc   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c Sandia Safety Sciences   (United States)

^d TKS Consulting Inc   (United States)

^e Burton and Associates   (United States)

Author keywords

Biomechanics; Child Head Injury; Children; Experimental Methods; Rear Impacts; Rear Seated Children; Seat Collapse

Indexed keywords

BIOMECHANICS; COLLISION AVOIDANCE; PARAMETER ESTIMATION; POLYNOMIALS;

CHILD INJURIES; HEAD INJURY;

BIOMEDICAL ENGINEERING;

BIOMECHANICS; CHILDHOOD INJURY; CONFERENCE PAPER; FACTORIAL ANALYSIS; HEAD INJURY; MEASUREMENT; TRAFFIC ACCIDENT;

ACCIDENTS, TRAFFIC; AUTOMOBILES; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CRANIOCEREBRAL TRAUMA; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT EQUIPMENT; MALE; MANIKINS; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; MODELS, STATISTICAL; MOTION; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEAT BELTS; STRESS, MECHANICAL;

EID: 2342598248     PISSN: 00678856     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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