Effectiveness of high back and backless belt-positioning booster seats in side impact crashes

Annual Proceedings - Association for the Advancement of Automotive Medicine

Volumn , Issue , 2005, Pages 201-213

  Arbogast, Kristy B ^a   Kallan, Michael J ^a   Durbin, Dennis R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BELT POSITIONING BOOSTER SEATS (BPB); CRASH SURVEILLANCE SYSTEM; IMPACT CRASH CONDITIONS; SIDE IMPACT CRASHES;

AUTOMOBILE SEAT BELTS; AUTOMOBILES; HEALTH RISKS; HIGHWAY ACCIDENTS; MEDICAL PROBLEMS;

SEATS;

ARTICLE; CHILD; COMPARATIVE STUDY; EQUIPMENT; EVALUATION; HUMAN; INJURY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEATBELT; TRAFFIC ACCIDENT; UNITED STATES;

ACCIDENTS, TRAFFIC; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; HUMANS; INFANT EQUIPMENT; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEAT BELTS; UNITED STATES; WOUNDS AND INJURIES;

EID: 32444450241     PISSN: 15400360     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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