Injury and side impact air bag deployment in near and far sided motor vehicle crashes, united states, 2000-2005

Journal of Trauma - Injury, Infection and Critical Care

Volumn 65, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 1333-1338

  Stadter, Greg ^a   Grabowski, Jurek G ^a   Burke, Christine ^a   Aldaghlas, Tayseer A ^a   Robinson, Linda ^a   Fakhry, Samir M ^a  

^a INOVA FAIRFAX HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Deployment; Motor vehicle crash; Side impact airbag

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; DRIVER; FEMALE; HUMAN; INJURY; INJURY SCALE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MECHANICS; MOTOR VEHICLE; OCCUPATIONAL ACCIDENT; OUTCOME VARIABLE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTECTIVE EQUIPMENT; SEATBELT; TRAFFIC ACCIDENT; UNITED STATES; VELOCITY; ADOLESCENT; CLASSIFICATION; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; EQUIPMENT; MULTIPLE TRAUMA; RISK FACTOR; STATISTICS;

ACCIDENTS, TRAFFIC; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AIR BAGS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; EQUIPMENT FAILURE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MULTIPLE TRAUMA; RISK FACTORS; WOUNDS AND INJURIES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 67650576434     PISSN: 00225282     EISSN: 15298809     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/TA.0b013e31818cac13     Document Type: Article

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