Severe-to-fatal injury risks in crashes with two front-seat occupants by seat belt use

Traffic Injury Prevention

Volumn 11, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 294-299

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

^a PROBIOMECHANICS LLC   (United States)

Author keywords

Injury; Motor vehicle crashes; Restraint effectiveness; Seat belts

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; 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;

ABBREVIATED INJURY SCALE; ACCIDENTS, TRAFFIC; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AUTOMOBILE DRIVING; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOTOR VEHICLES; ODDS RATIO; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK; SEAT BELTS; UNITED STATES; WOUNDS AND INJURIES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77953563719     PISSN: 15389588     EISSN: 1538957X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/15389581003788898     Document Type: Article

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