An Overview of Frontal Air Bag Performance with Changes in Frontal Crash-Test Requirements: Findings of the Blue Ribbon Panel for the Evaluation of Advanced Technology Air Bags

Traffic Injury Prevention

Volumn 9, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 421-431

  Ferguson, Susan A ^a   Schneider, Lawrence W ^b  

^a Ferguson International LLC   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

Author keywords

Effectiveness; Fatalities and Injuries; Frontal Air Bags

Indexed keywords

ACCIDENT PREVENTION; ADULT; AGE; ARTICLE; CAR DRIVING; CHILD; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; EVALUATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; LEGAL ASPECT; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MORTALITY; PROTECTIVE EQUIPMENT; RISK ASSESSMENT; SAFETY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SEX DIFFERENCE; STATISTICS; SURVIVAL; TASK PERFORMANCE; TRAFFIC ACCIDENT; UNITED STATES;

ACCIDENT PREVENTION; ACCIDENTS, TRAFFIC; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AIR BAGS; AUTOMOBILE DRIVING; CHILD; CONSUMER PRODUCT SAFETY; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; RISK ASSESSMENT; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SEX FACTORS; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS; TASK PERFORMANCE AND ANALYSIS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 53549115047     PISSN: 15389588     EISSN: 1538957X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/15389580802046250     Document Type: Article

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