Head injuries in child pedestrian accidents - In-depth case analysis and reconstructions

Traffic Injury Prevention

Volumn 8, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 94-100

  Yao, Jianfeng ^a   Yang, Jikuang ^a   Otte, Dietmar ^b  

^a CHALMERS UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Sweden)

^b HANNOVER MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Germany)

Author keywords

Accident Reconstruction; Child Pedestrian; Head Injury; Passenger Car

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; BIOMECHANICS; CAR; CASE REPORT; CHILD; HEAD INJURY; HUMAN; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PROTECTIVE EQUIPMENT; STATISTICS; TRAFFIC ACCIDENT;

ACCIDENTS, TRAFFIC; ADOLESCENT; AUTOMOBILES; BIOMECHANICS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CRANIOCEREBRAL TRAUMA; HUMANS; PROTECTIVE DEVICES;

EID: 33847073697     PISSN: 15389588     EISSN: 1538957X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/15389580600944243     Document Type: Article

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