Hands-free embedded cell phones and airbag-deployment crash rates: Letter to the editor

Risk Analysis

Volumn 29, Issue 8, 2009, Pages 1069-

  Braver, Elisa R ^a   Lund, Adrian K ^b   McCartt, Anne T ^b  

^a Senior Epidemiologist   (United States)

^b Insurance Institute for Highway Safety ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

AIRBAG; CONVERSATION; DRIVING ABILITY; HUMAN; LETTER; MOBILE PHONE; PROTECTIVE EQUIPMENT; RISK ASSESSMENT; TRAFFIC ACCIDENT;

ACCIDENTS, TRAFFIC; AIR BAGS; AUTOMOBILE DRIVING; AUTOMOBILES; CELLULAR PHONE; HUMANS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; RISK; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 68149117146     PISSN: 02724332     EISSN: 15396924     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1539-6924.2009.01248.x     Document Type: Letter

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