Review of injury biomechanics in car-pedestrian collisions

International Journal of Vehicle Safety

Volumn 1, Issue 1-3, 2005, Pages 100-117

  Yang, Jikuang ^a,b  

^a CHALMERS UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Sweden)

^b HUNAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

injury mechanism; injury prevention; pedestrian; tolerance; traffic accident; vehicle

Indexed keywords

EID: 45249095908     PISSN: 14793105     EISSN: 14793113     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1504/ijvs.2005.007540     Document Type: Article

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