Minor crashes and 'Whiplash' in the United States

Annals of Advances in Automotive Medicine - 52nd Annual Scientific Conference

Volumn 52, Issue , 2008, Pages 117-128

  Bartsch, Adam J ^a   Gilbertson, Lars G ^b   Prakash, Vikas ^a   Morr, Douglas R ^c   Wiechel, John F ^c  

^a CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b LERNER RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^c SEA Limited   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOMECHANICS; BIPED LOCOMOTION; COLOR; MEDICINE;

CRASH DATUM; DATA BANKS; INJURY RISKS; PASSENGER VEHICLES; SPEED CHANGES; VEHICLE OCCUPANTS;

VEHICLES;

ACCELERATION; ADULT; ARTICLE; BIOMECHANICS; ENERGY TRANSFER; FACTUAL DATABASE; FEMALE; HUMAN; INJURY SCALE; INTERNATIONAL CLASSIFICATION OF DISEASES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; STATISTICS; TRAFFIC ACCIDENT; WHIPLASH INJURY;

ABBREVIATED INJURY SCALE; ACCELERATION; ACCIDENTS, TRAFFIC; ADULT; BIOMECHANICS; DATABASES, FACTUAL; ENERGY TRANSFER; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERNATIONAL CLASSIFICATION OF DISEASES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; WHIPLASH INJURIES;

EID: 58849120058     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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