Biomechanical modeling of pregnant occupants in far-side vehicle crashes

Biomedical Sciences Instrumentation

Volumn 42, Issue , 2006, Pages 154-159

  Duma, Stefan M ^a   Moorcroft, David M ^a   Stitzel, Joel D ^a   Duma, Greg G ^a  

^a Virginia Tech Wake Forest School of Biomedical Engineering and Sciences   (United States)

Author keywords

Automobile; Far side; Injury; Modeling; Placenta; Pregnant; Seatbelt

Indexed keywords

FAR-SIDE; PLACENTA; PREGNANT; INJURY; MODELING; SEATBELT;

COMPUTER SIMULATION; FETAL MONITORING; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; RISK ASSESSMENT; AUTOMOBILES; BEAMS AND GIRDERS; BIOMECHANICS; INSTRUMENTS; LANDFORMS;

BIOMECHANICS; SIMULATORS;

BIOMECHANICS; CAUSE OF DEATH; COMPUTER PROGRAM; COMPUTER SIMULATION; CONFERENCE PAPER; FETUS INJURY; FETUS MORTALITY; HEAD INJURY; INJURY; PLACENTA; PREGNANT WOMAN; PROTECTIVE EQUIPMENT; SEATBELT; TRAFFIC ACCIDENT; VELOCITY;

ACCELERATION; ACCIDENTS, TRAFFIC; ADULT; BIOMECHANICS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; EQUIPMENT FAILURE ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; PHYSICAL STIMULATION; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL INJURIES; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS; SEAT BELTS; STRESS, MECHANICAL; WOUNDS, NONPENETRATING;

EID: 70449132377     PISSN: 00678856     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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