Significance of adult pedestrian torso injury

Annual Proceedings - Association for the Advancement of Automotive Medicine

Volumn , Issue , 2005, Pages 263-277

  Ivarsson, B Johan ^a   Henary, Basem ^a   Crandall, Jeff R ^a   Longhitano, Douglas ^b  

^a University of Virginia   (United States)

^b Honda R and D Americas Inc   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AUTOMOBILES; BIOLOGICAL ORGANS; MEDICAL PROBLEMS; PEDESTRIAN SAFETY;

PEDESTRIAN MORBIDITY; PEDESTRIAN SAFETY COUNTERMEASURES; TORSO ORGANS; TRAUMA;

HIGHWAY ACCIDENTS;

ADULT; ARTICLE; FEMALE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; REGISTER; THORAX INJURY; TRAFFIC ACCIDENT; UNITED STATES; WALKING;

ACCIDENTS, TRAFFIC; ADULT; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; REGISTRIES; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; THORACIC INJURIES; UNITED STATES; WALKING;

EID: 32444437768     PISSN: 15400360     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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