Investigating the effects of side airbag deployment in real-world crashes using crash comparison techniques

Annals of Advances in Automotive Medicine

Volumn 55, Issue , 2011, Pages 81-90

  Loftis, Kathryn L ^a   Weaver, Ashley A ^a   Stitzel, Joel D ^a  

^a WAKE FOREST UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CERVICAL SPINE; COMPARISON TECHNIQUES; CONTACT POINTS; INJURY SEVERITY; REGULATORY CONDITIONS; SCORING SYSTEMS; SIDE AIRBAG; SIDE IMPACT; TEST STANDARDS; THORACIC INJURY;

MEDICINE;

AUTOMOBILE AIR BAGS;

AIRBAG; HUMAN; INJURY; THEORETICAL MODEL; THORAX; THORAX INJURY; TRAFFIC ACCIDENT;

ACCIDENTS, TRAFFIC; AIR BAGS; HUMANS; MODELS, THEORETICAL; THORACIC INJURIES; THORAX; WOUNDS AND INJURIES;

EID: 84055199730     PISSN: 19432461     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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