The new car assessment program: Does it predict the relative safety of vehicles in actual crashes?

Journal of Trauma - Injury, Infection and Critical Care

Volumn 57, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 779-786

  Nirula, Ram ^a,d   Mock, Charles N ^a,b,c   Nathens, Avery B ^a   Grossman, David C ^a,c  

^a Department of Surgery ^*  (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^d FROEDTERT MEMORIAL LUTHERAN HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Federal motor vehicle safety standards; National Automotive Sampling System; New car assessment program; Severe thoracic injury; Traumatic brain injury

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY; ARTICLE; BRAIN INJURY; CAR; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; SAFETY; THORAX INJURY; TRAFFIC ACCIDENT;

ACCIDENT PREVENTION; ACCIDENTS, TRAFFIC; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AUTOMOBILES; CONSUMER PRODUCT SAFETY; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; INJURY SEVERITY SCORE; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MULTIPLE TRAUMA; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PROBABILITY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK ASSESSMENT; SAFETY; SAMPLING STUDIES; SEX DISTRIBUTION; SURVIVAL RATE;

EID: 7244236605     PISSN: 00225282     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.TA.0000106506.34691.B6     Document Type: Article

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