Field investigation of child restraints in side impact crashes

Traffic Injury Prevention

Volumn 6, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 351-360

  Arbogast, Kristy B ^a   Ghati, Yoganand ^a   Menon, Rajiv A ^a   Tylko, Suzanne ^b   Tamborra, Nicholas ^c   Morgan, Richard M ^c  

^a CHILDREN S HOSPITAL OF PHILADELPHIA   (United States)

^b TRANSPORT CANADA   (Canada)

^c GEORGE WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Child Restraints; Intrusion; Side Impact

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BODY REGIONS; CHILD; CHILD SAFETY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; FACE; FEMALE; HEAD; HUMAN; INFANT; LEG; MALE; SEATBELT; TRAFFIC ACCIDENT; TRAFFIC SAFETY;

ACCIDENTS, TRAFFIC; BIOMECHANICS; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; SEAT BELTS; TRAUMA SEVERITY INDICES; UNITED STATES; WOUNDS AND INJURIES;

EID: 31644443809     PISSN: 10286586     EISSN: 1538957X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/15389580500255831     Document Type: Article

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