Injury risk for matched front and rear seat car passengers by injury severity and crash type: An exploratory study

Accident Analysis and Prevention

Volumn 82, Issue , 2015, Pages 171-179

  Mitchell, R J ^a   Bambach, M R ^b   Toson, Barbara ^b  

^a MACQUARIE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

Author keywords

Injury severity; Matched cohort study; Rear seat passenger; Road trauma

Indexed keywords

AUTOMOBILE AIR BAGS; AUTOMOBILE MANUFACTURE; AUTOMOBILE SEATS; BIT ERROR RATE; CRASHWORTHINESS; HOSPITALS; TRANSPORTATION; VEHICLES;

COHORT STUDIES; EMERGENCY DEPARTMENTS; EXPLORATORY STUDIES; INJURY SEVERITY; NON-FATAL INJURIES; REAR SEATS; ROAD TRAUMA; VEHICLE OCCUPANTS;

ACCIDENTS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AIRBAG; CHILD; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; FEMALE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INJURY SCALE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEW SOUTH WALES; ODDS RATIO; POLICE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SEATBELT; STATISTICAL MODEL; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; TRAFFIC ACCIDENT; WOUNDS AND INJURIES; YOUNG ADULT;

ACCIDENTS, TRAFFIC; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AIR BAGS; CHILD; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; FEMALE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; INJURY SEVERITY SCORE; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEW SOUTH WALES; ODDS RATIO; POLICE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEAT BELTS; WOUNDS AND INJURIES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84935837053     PISSN: 00014575     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.aap.2015.05.023     Document Type: Article

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