Age-related differences in AIS 3+ crash injury risk, types, causation and mechanisms

2012 IRCOBI Conference Proceedings - International Research Council on the Biomechanics of Injury

Volumn , Issue , 2012, Pages 43-60

  Ridella, Stephen A ^a   Rupp, Jonathan D ^b   Poland, Kristin ^c  

^a NATIONAL HIGHWAY TRAFFIC SAFETY ADMINISTRATION   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^c NATIONAL TRANSPORTATION SAFETY BOARD   (United States)

Author keywords

Ciren; Comorbidities; Injury codes; Older occupant; Risk analysis

Indexed keywords

AGE EFFECTS; AGE GROUPS; AGE-RELATED; BONY TISSUE; CIREN; COMORBIDITIES; CRASH EXPOSURES; CRASH INJURY; CRASH MODES; CRASH SEVERITY; DATA SYSTEMS; FRONTAL CRASHES; INJURY CAUSATION; INJURY CODES; MULTIVARIATE LOGISTIC REGRESSIONS; OLDER OCCUPANT; THORACIC INJURY;

BIOMECHANICS; CRASHWORTHINESS; LOGISTICS; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RESEARCH; RISK ANALYSIS; TISSUE;

ACCIDENTS;

EID: 84867792729     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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