Vehicle mismatch: Injury patterns and severity

Accident Analysis and Prevention

Volumn 36, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 761-772

  Acierno, S ^a,b   Kaufman, R ^c   Rivara, F P ^a,c   Grossman, D C ^a,c   Mock, C ^a,b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

Crash; Injury; Mismatch; Safety; Side impact

Indexed keywords

ACCIDENT PREVENTION; BIOLOGICAL ORGANS; CODES (SYMBOLS); COLLISION AVOIDANCE; CRASHWORTHINESS; DATA PROCESSING; FRACTURE; HIGHWAY ADMINISTRATION; PASSENGER CARS; PATIENT REHABILITATION; PATTERN RECOGNITION; PUBLIC POLICY; STEERING;

CRASH; INJURY; MISMATCH; SIDE IMPACT;

TRUCKS;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CAR; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; FEMALE; HUMAN; INJURY; MALE; MATERIALS TESTING; MIDDLE AGED; MOTOR VEHICLE; STATISTICS; TRAFFIC ACCIDENT;

ACCIDENTS, TRAFFIC; ADULT; AGED; AUTOMOBILES; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MATERIALS TESTING; MIDDLE AGED; MOTOR VEHICLES; WOUNDS AND INJURIES;

EID: 2942609085     PISSN: 00014575     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.aap.2003.07.001     Document Type: Article

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