The effect of unrestrained rear-seat passengers on driver mortality

Journal of Trauma - Injury, Infection and Critical Care

Volumn 61, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 1249-1254

  Mayrose, James ^a,c   Blatt, Alan ^b   Roberts, David P ^b   Kilgallon, Michael J ^b   Galganski, Robert A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY AT BUFFALO   (United States)

^b GENERAL DYNAMICS   (United States)

^c Department of Emergency Medicine ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

Back seat; Fatality; Seat belt; Unrestrained

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; DISEASE SEVERITY; DRIVER; HEAD INJURY; MODEL; MORTALITY; MOTOR VEHICLE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTECTIVE EQUIPMENT; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEATBELT; SIMULATION; THORAX INJURY; TRAFFIC ACCIDENT; TRAFFIC SAFETY;

ACCELERATION; ACCIDENTS, TRAFFIC; BODY SIZE; CAUSE OF DEATH; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MANIKINS; RISK FACTORS; SEAT BELTS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 33750952724     PISSN: 00225282     EISSN: 15298809     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.ta.0000196587.46432.59     Document Type: Article

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