Analysis of crash parameters and driver characteristics associated with lower limb injury

Accident Analysis and Prevention

Volumn 83, Issue , 2015, Pages 37-46

  Ye, Xin ^a,c   Poplin, Gerald ^a,c   Bose, Dipan ^a,c   Forbes, Aaron ^b,c   Hurwitz, Shepard ^b,c   Shaw, Greg ^a,c   Crandall, Jeff ^a,c  

^a University of Virginia   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

Logistic regression; Lower extremity injury; NASS CDS

Indexed keywords

ACCIDENTS; AMPHIBIOUS VEHICLES; AUTOMOBILE TESTING; AUTOMOBILES; AXIAL FLOW; HIGHWAY ACCIDENTS; HIGHWAY ENGINEERING; MERCURY (METAL); RATING; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SAFETY TESTING; TRANSPORTATION; TRUCKS; VEHICLES;

CDS; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; LOGISTIC REGRESSION MODELING; LOGISTIC REGRESSIONS; LOWER EXTREMITY INJURIES; MOTOR VEHICLE CRASHES; PROTECTIVE EFFECTS; SAMPLING SYSTEMS;

CRASHWORTHINESS;

ACCELERATION; ADULT; AGED; BODY WEIGHT; FEMALE; HUMAN; INJURY SCALE; LEG INJURIES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOTOR VEHICLE; PATHOLOGY; PREVALENCE; PROBABILITY; STATISTICAL MODEL; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; TRAFFIC ACCIDENT; UNITED STATES; YOUNG ADULT;

ABBREVIATED INJURY SCALE; ACCELERATION; ACCIDENTS, TRAFFIC; ADULT; AGED; BODY WEIGHT; FEMALE; HUMANS; LEG INJURIES; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOTOR VEHICLES; PREVALENCE; PROBABILITY; UNITED STATES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84937071329     PISSN: 00014575     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.aap.2015.06.013     Document Type: Article

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