The effects of airbags and seatbelts on occupant injury in longitudinal barrier crashes

Journal of Safety Research

Volumn 41, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 9-15

  Gabauer, Douglas J ^a   Gabler, Hampton C ^b  

^a VIRGINIA POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE AND STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University   (United States)

Author keywords

Airbags; Injury; Longitudinal Barriers; Seatbelts

Indexed keywords

AIRBAG DEPLOYMENT; BINARY LOGISTIC REGRESSION; DATA SYSTEMS; FULL SCALE TESTS; OCCUPANT INJURY; OCCUPANT RESTRAINT; RISK CRITERIA; SAMPLING SYSTEMS; SEAT BELT; SEAT-BELTS; SERIOUS INJURIES; VEHICLE OCCUPANTS;

AUTOMOBILE PARTS AND EQUIPMENT; AUTOMOBILE SEAT BELTS; CRASHWORTHINESS; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RISK PERCEPTION;

ACCIDENT PREVENTION;

AIRBAG; ARTICLE; CAR; CAR DRIVING; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; ENVIRONMENTAL PLANNING; FACTUAL DATABASE; FEMALE; HUMAN; INJURY; INJURY SCALE; MALE; PROTECTIVE EQUIPMENT; RECEIVER OPERATING CHARACTERISTIC; RISK; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEATBELT; STATISTICAL MODEL; STATISTICS; TRAFFIC ACCIDENT; UNITED STATES;

ACCIDENTS, TRAFFIC; AIR BAGS; AUTOMOBILE DRIVING; AUTOMOBILES; CONFIDENCE INTERVALS; DATABASES, FACTUAL; ENVIRONMENT DESIGN; FEMALE; HUMANS; INJURY SEVERITY SCORE; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; ODDS RATIO; PROTECTIVE DEVICES; RISK ASSESSMENT; ROC CURVE; SEAT BELTS; UNITED STATES; WOUNDS AND INJURIES;

EID: 77649337747     PISSN: 00224375     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jsr.2009.10.006     Document Type: Article

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