Injury patterns associated with child restraint misuse

SAE Technical Papers

Volumn , Issue , 1997, Pages

  Gotschall, Catherine S ^a   Eichelberger, Martin R ^a   Morrissey, J Rene ^a   Better, Allison I ^a   Reardon, Jean ^a   Bents, Francis ^b  

^a Children's National Medical Center

^b Dynamic Science

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AUTOMOTIVE ENGINEERING;

CHILD RESTRAINTS; CLINICAL DATA; CRASH RECONSTRUCTION; INJURY PATTERN; INJURY SEVERITY; MOTOR VEHICLE; MOTOR VEHICLE CRASHES;

HIGHWAY ACCIDENTS;

EID: 85072473463     PISSN: 01487191     EISSN: 26883627     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4271/973311     Document Type: Conference Paper

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