Facial, periorbital and ocular injuries related to steering-wheel airbag deployments

SAE Technical Papers

Volumn , Issue , 1997, Pages

  Huelke, Donald F ^a   Schneider, Lawrence W ^a   Reed, Matthew P ^a   Gilbert, Ryan J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

TRANSPORTATION PERSONNEL; WHEELS;

AIRBAG DEPLOYMENT; HIGHER FREQUENCIES; STEERING WHEEL; TRANSPORTATION RESEARCH; UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN;

AUTOMOBILE STEERING EQUIPMENT;

EID: 85072465307     PISSN: 01487191     EISSN: 26883627     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4271/970490     Document Type: Conference Paper

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