Severe injury to near- and far-seated occupants in side impacts by crash severity and belt use

Traffic Injury Prevention

Volumn 11, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 69-78

  Viano, David C ^a   Parenteau, Chantal S ^a  

^a PROBIOMECHANICS LLC   (United States)

Author keywords

Injury; Motor vehicle crashes; Restraint effectiveness; Seat belts; Side impacts

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CAR DRIVING; CLASSIFICATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; INJURY; INJURY SCALE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MORTALITY; MOTOR VEHICLE; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK; SEATBELT; STATISTICS; TRAFFIC ACCIDENT; UNITED STATES; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

ACCIDENTS, TRAFFIC; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AUTOMOBILE DRIVING; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOTOR VEHICLES; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK; SEAT BELTS; TRAUMA SEVERITY INDICES; UNITED STATES; WOUNDS AND INJURIES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 76449109783     PISSN: 15389588     EISSN: 1538957X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/15389580903479178     Document Type: Article

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