Influence of age-related stature on the frequency of body region injury and overall injury severity in child pedestrian casualties

Traffic Injury Prevention

Volumn 7, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 290-298

  Ivarsson, B Johan ^a   Crandall, Jeff R ^a   Okamoto, Masayoshi ^b  

^a University of Virginia   (United States)

^b HONDA R AND D CO LTD   (Japan)

Author keywords

Age; Body Region; Child Pedestrian; Frequency; Injury; Stature

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL INJURY; ADOLESCENT; AGE; ARM INJURY; ARTICLE; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; FACE INJURY; FEMALE; FIBULA FRACTURE; HEAD INJURY; HUMAN; INJURY SCALE; INJURY SEVERITY; INTERNATIONAL CLASSIFICATION OF DISEASES; KNEE INJURY; LEG INJURY; LUMBAR SPINE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NECK INJURY; PEDESTRIAN; PELVIS INJURY; REGISTER; SPINE INJURY; THIGH; THORACIC SPINE; THORAX INJURY; TIBIA FRACTURE; TRAFFIC ACCIDENT;

ABBREVIATED INJURY SCALE; ACCIDENTS, TRAFFIC; ADOLESCENT; AGE FACTORS; BODY HEIGHT; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; REGISTRIES; UNITED STATES; WOUNDS AND INJURIES;

EID: 33749061628     PISSN: 15389588     EISSN: 1538957X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/15389580600652283     Document Type: Article

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