Pedestrian injury patterns according to car and casualty characteristics in France

Annals of Advances in Automotive Medicine

Volumn 55, Issue , 2011, Pages 137-146

  Martin, Jean Louis ^a   Lardy, Audrey ^a   Laumon, Bernard ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ GUSTAVE EIFFEL   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CAR CRASHES; DATA SOURCE; ELDERLY PEOPLE; FATAL INJURY; FATALITY RATES; FRONT PROFILE; HEAD INJURIES; HEALTH FACILITIES; INJURY PATTERN; LOWER EXTREMITY; PEDESTRIAN INJURIES; PELVIC INJURY; POLICE REPORTS; ROAD USERS; TEST PROCEDURES; THORACIC INJURY; UPPER EXTREMITY;

AUTOMOBILE BODIES; HEALTH RISKS; HIGHWAY ACCIDENTS; MEDICINE; TESTING;

ROADS AND STREETS;

CAR; FRANCE; HUMAN; INJURY; PEDESTRIAN; POLICE; TRAFFIC ACCIDENT;

ACCIDENTS, TRAFFIC; AUTOMOBILES; FRANCE; HUMANS; PEDESTRIANS; POLICE; WOUNDS AND INJURIES;

EID: 84055193458     PISSN: 19432461     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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