Sports utility vehicles and older pedestrians: A damaging collision

Injury Prevention

Volumn 12, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 6-7

  Simms, C ^a   O'Neill, D ^a  

^a TRINITY COLLEGE DUBLIN   (Ireland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACCIDENT PREVENTION; AGED; HUMAN; MIDDLE AGED; MOTOR VEHICLE; SAFETY; SHORT SURVEY; STATISTICS; TRAFFIC ACCIDENT;

ACCIDENT PREVENTION; ACCIDENTS, TRAFFIC; AGED; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; MOTOR VEHICLES; SAFETY;

EID: 33144475198     PISSN: 13538047     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Short Survey

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