Children in side-impact motor vehicle crashes: Seating positions and injury mechanisms

Journal of Trauma - Injury, Infection and Critical Care

Volumn 56, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 1276-1285

  Howard, Andrew ^a   Rothman, Linda ^a   McKeag, Alexandra Moses ^a   Pazmino Canizares, Janneth ^a   Monk, Brian ^b   Comeau, Jean Louis ^b   Mills, Dan ^c   Blazeski, Steve ^c   Hale, Ian ^c   German, Alan ^b  

^a HOSPITAL FOR SICK CHILDREN   (Canada)

^b TRANSPORT CANADA   (Canada)

^c RYERSON UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Child; Injury; Motor vehicle crash; Side impact

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL INJURY; ARTICLE; CANADA; CHILD; CHILDHOOD INJURY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRASHWORTHINESS DATA SYSTEM; FATALITY; FATALITY ANALYSIS REPORTING SYSTEM; HEAD INJURY; HUMAN; INJURY; INJURY SCALE; LIMB INJURY; NATIONAL AUTOMOTIVE SAMPLING SYSTEM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SAFETY; SCORING SYSTEM; SEAT; SEATBELT; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; THORAX INJURY; TRAFFIC ACCIDENT;

EID: 3142555967     PISSN: 00225282     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.TA.0000078883.74947.EB     Document Type: Article

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