Lateral impact injuries with side airbag deployments-A descriptive study

Accident Analysis and Prevention

Volumn 39, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 22-27

  Yoganandan, Narayan ^a   Pintar, Frank A ^a   Zhang, Jiangyue ^a   Gennarelli, Thomas A ^a  

^a CLEMENT J ZABLOCKI VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Descriptive study; Head and chest injuries; Lateral impact; Side airbags

Indexed keywords

ACCIDENT PREVENTION; AUTOMOBILE AIR BAGS; DATABASE SYSTEMS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MEDICAL PROBLEMS; REGULATORY COMPLIANCE;

CHEST INJURIES; HEAD INJURIES; LATERAL IMPACT; VEHICLE MODELS;

HIGHWAY ACCIDENTS;

ABDOMINAL INJURY; ARM INJURY; ARTICLE; CAR; CLASSIFICATION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DATA BASE; HEAD INJURY; HUMAN; INJURY; LEG INJURY; PROTECTIVE EQUIPMENT; RISK ASSESSMENT; SAFETY; STATISTICS; THORAX INJURY; TRAFFIC ACCIDENT; UNITED STATES;

ABDOMINAL INJURIES; ACCIDENTS, TRAFFIC; AIR BAGS; ARM INJURIES; AUTOMOBILES; CRANIOCEREBRAL TRAUMA; DATABASES; HUMANS; LEG INJURIES; RISK ASSESSMENT; SAFETY; THORACIC INJURIES; UNITED STATES; WOUNDS AND INJURIES;

EID: 33750374134     PISSN: 00014575     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.aap.2006.05.014     Document Type: Article

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