Comparison of child body dimensions with rear seat geometry

SAE Technical Papers

Volumn , Issue , 2006, Pages

  Huang, Stephanie ^a   Reed, Matthew P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTHROPOMETRY;

ABDOMINAL INJURY; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ANTHROPOMETRIC DATA; BODY DIMENSIONS; BODY SIZES; KEY DETERMINANTS; REAR SEATS; SEAT CUSHIONS;

AUTOMOBILE BODIES;

EID: 85072431030     PISSN: 01487191     EISSN: 26883627     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4271/2006-01-1142     Document Type: Conference Paper

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