The exposure of children to deploying side air bags: An initial field assessment

Annual Proceedings - Association for the Advancement of Automotive Medicine

Volumn , Issue , 2007, Pages 245-259

  Arbogast, Kristy B ^a,b   Kallan, Michael J ^a,b  

^a CHILDREN S HOSPITAL OF PHILADELPHIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AIR BAGS; CHILD PASSENGER SAFETIES; FIELD ASSESSMENTS; IN VEHICLES; INJURY RISKS; REAL WORLDS; SIDE IMPACTS; STUDY SAMPLES; SURVEILLANCE SYSTEMS; TEST DEVICES; UPPER EXTREMITIES;

AUTOMOTIVE INDUSTRY;

MEDICINE;

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CAR; CHILD; CHILD WELFARE; EQUIPMENT; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INFANT; MALE; NEWBORN; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PROTECTIVE EQUIPMENT; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK ASSESSMENT; STATISTICS;

ADOLESCENT; AIR BAGS; AUTOMOBILES; CHILD; CHILD WELFARE; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT EQUIPMENT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK ASSESSMENT;

EID: 52449089782     PISSN: 15400360     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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