Performance of booster seats in side impacts: Effect of adjacent passengers and ISOfix attachment

Annual Proceedings - Association for the Advancement of Automotive Medicine

Volumn , Issue , 2007, Pages 155-167

  Charlton, Judith L ^a   Fildes, Brian ^a   Taranto, David ^a   Laemmle, Ronald ^a   Smith, Stuart ^b   Clark, Anthony ^b   Holden, G M ^b  

^a MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AUTOMOBILE PARTS AND EQUIPMENT; MEDICINE; MILITARY OPERATIONS;

ATTACHMENT SYSTEMS; BOOSTER SEATS; CHILD RESTRAINTS; CRASH PROTECTIONS; CRASH SEVERITIES; LATERAL MOTIONS; SIDE IMPACTS; SLED TESTS; SUPERIOR PERFORMANCES;

AUTOMOBILE SEATS;

ARTICLE; BIOMECHANICS; CAR; CAR DRIVING; CHILD; CHILD WELFARE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; EQUIPMENT; HUMAN; INFANT; NEWBORN; PILOT STUDY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; RISK FACTOR; SAFETY; SEATBELT; STANDARD; TRAFFIC ACCIDENT;

ACCIDENTS, TRAFFIC; AUTOMOBILE DRIVING; AUTOMOBILES; BIOMECHANICS; CHILD; CHILD WELFARE; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT EQUIPMENT; INFANT, NEWBORN; PILOT PROJECTS; RISK FACTORS; SAFETY; SEAT BELTS;

EID: 52449084825     PISSN: 15400360     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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