Head injury causation scenarios for belted, rear-seated children in frontal impacts

Traffic Injury Prevention

Volumn 12, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 62-70

  Bohman, Katarina ^a,b   Arbogast, Kristy B ^c,d   Boström, Ola ^a  

^a AUTOLIV RESEARCH   (Sweden)

^b KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

^c CHILDREN S HOSPITAL OF PHILADELPHIA   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Child; Frontal impact; Head injury; Rear seat

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CHILD; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; FACTUAL DATABASE; HEAD INJURY; HUMAN; MORTALITY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; SEATBELT; STATISTICS; TRAFFIC ACCIDENT;

ACCIDENTS, TRAFFIC; ADOLESCENT; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CRANIOCEREBRAL TRAUMA; DATABASES, FACTUAL; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; HUMANS; SEAT BELTS;

EID: 78951468931     PISSN: 15389588     EISSN: 1538957X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/15389588.2010.526159     Document Type: Article

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