Differences in the effectiveness of frontal air bags by body size among adults involved in motor vehicle crashes

Traffic Injury Prevention

Volumn 9, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 432-439

  Newgard, Craig D ^a   McConnell, K John ^a  

^a OREGON HEALTH AND SCIENCE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Air Bag; Injury; Motor Vehicle Crash

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE; ANTHROPOMETRY; ARTICLE; BODY SIZE; CAR DRIVING; CAUSE OF DEATH; COHORT ANALYSIS; FACTUAL DATABASE; FEMALE; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INJURY SCALE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MORTALITY; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PROBABILITY; PROTECTIVE EQUIPMENT; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK ASSESSMENT; STATISTICAL MODEL; STATISTICS; SURVIVAL RATE; TRAFFIC ACCIDENT; UNITED STATES; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

ACCIDENTS, TRAFFIC; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AIR BAGS; ANTHROPOMETRY; AUTOMOBILE DRIVING; BODY SIZE; CAUSE OF DEATH; COHORT STUDIES; DATABASES, FACTUAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PROBABILITY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK ASSESSMENT; SURVIVAL RATE; TRAUMA SEVERITY INDICES; UNITED STATES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 53649096702     PISSN: 15389588     EISSN: 1538957X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/15389580802155903     Document Type: Article

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