Likelihood of brain injury in motorcycle accidents: A comparison of novelty and DOT-approved helmets

SAE Technical Papers

Volumn , Issue , 2009, Pages

  Scher, Irving S ^a,b   Harley, Erin M ^a   Richards, Darrin ^a   Thomas, Reed ^a  

^a EXPONENT INC   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACCIDENTS; ASPHALT; HYBRID INTEGRATED CIRCUITS; MOTORCYCLES; ROPE; SAFETY DEVICES;

ABSORBING LAYERS; HEAD INJURY CRITERION; IMPACT SPEED; INJURY MITIGATION; MOTORCYCLE ACCIDENT; MOTORCYCLE HELMET; OUTER SHELLS; TESTING REQUIREMENTS;

ACCIDENT PREVENTION;

EID: 85072369122     PISSN: 01487191     EISSN: 26883627     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4271/2009-01-0248     Document Type: Conference Paper

References (9)

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