Deaths among drivers and right-front passengers in frontal collisions: Redesigned air bags relative to first-generation air bags

Traffic Injury Prevention

Volumn 9, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 48-58

  Braver, Elisa R ^a   Scerbo, Marge ^a   Kufera, Joseph A ^a   Alexander, Melvin T ^a   Volpini, Karen ^a   Lloyd, Joseph P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Air Bags; Automobiles; Government Regulation; Mortality; Traffic Accidents

Indexed keywords

ACCIDENT PREVENTION; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; CAR; CAR DRIVING; CAUSE OF DEATH; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; EQUIPMENT; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; FEMALE; HUMAN; LEGAL ASPECT; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; MORTALITY; PROBABILITY; PROTECTIVE EQUIPMENT; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEATBELT; SEX DIFFERENCE; STANDARD; SURVIVAL; TRAFFIC ACCIDENT; UNITED STATES; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

ACCIDENT PREVENTION; ACCIDENTS, TRAFFIC; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; AIR BAGS; AUTOMOBILE DRIVING; AUTOMOBILES; CAUSE OF DEATH; CONFIDENCE INTERVALS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; EQUIPMENT SAFETY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROBABILITY; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEAT BELTS; SEX FACTORS; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 40749145332     PISSN: 15389588     EISSN: 1538957X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/15389580701722787     Document Type: Article

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