Engineering with uncertainty: Monitoring air bag performance

Science and Engineering Ethics

Volumn 14, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 201-218

  Wetmore, Jameson M ^a  

^a ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Engineering; Monitoring; Risk; Social experiment; Uncertainty

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BIOMEDICAL TECHNOLOGY ASSESSMENT; ENGINEERING; EPIDEMIOLOGY; EQUIPMENT; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; ETHICS; FIRST AID; HEALTH EDUCATION; HUMAN; INFORMED CONSENT; INJURY; MATERIALS TESTING; METHODOLOGY; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; POSTMARKETING SURVEILLANCE; PROBLEM SOLVING; PROTECTIVE EQUIPMENT; PUBLIC HEALTH; SAFETY; STANDARD; SYSTEM ANALYSIS; UNCERTAINTY; UNITED STATES;

AIR BAGS; CAUSALITY; ENGINEERING; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; EQUIPMENT FAILURE; EQUIPMENT FAILURE ANALYSIS; EQUIPMENT SAFETY; FIRST AID; HEALTH EDUCATION; HUMANS; INFORMED CONSENT; MATERIALS TESTING; PROBLEM SOLVING; PRODUCT SURVEILLANCE, POSTMARKETING; PUBLIC HEALTH; SAFETY MANAGEMENT; SYSTEMS ANALYSIS; TECHNOLOGY ASSESSMENT, BIOMEDICAL; UNCERTAINTY; UNITED STATES; WOUNDS AND INJURIES;

EID: 44449147671     PISSN: 13533452     EISSN: 16605454     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11948-008-9060-y     Document Type: Article

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