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Annual proceedings of the Association for the Advancement of Automotive Medicine

Journal Volume: 46
Journal Issue:
Journal Year: 2002
Articles in SafetyLit: 32

A finite element model of the pregnant female occupant: analysis of injury mechanisms and restraint systems

An empirical classification of lane departure crashes for the identification of relevant counter-measures

An overview of requirements for the crash protection of older drivers

An under-hand steering wheel grasp produces significant injury risk to the upper extremity during airbag deployment

Analysis of burn injuries in frontal automobile crashes

Aortic injuries in side impacts: a preliminary analysis

Are booster seats needed: comparing occupant outcomes ages 4-7 versus 8-13

Are drivers more likely to injure their right or left foot in a frontal car crash: a crash and biomechanical investigation

Belted driver protection in frontal impact--what has been achieved and where do future priorities lie?

Breast trauma following motor vehicle collisions: damage patterns, restraint use and underlying torso injuries

Breath-test surveys at the Mexico border: changes over time in BAC among military personnel

Changes in injury patterns in frontal crashes: preliminary comparisons of drivers of vehicles model years 1993-1997 to drivers of vehicles 1998-2001

Deceleration energy and change in velocity on impact: key factors in fatal versus potentially survivable motor vehicle crash (mvc) aortic injuries (AI): the role of associated injuries as determinants of outcome

Driver risk factors for fatal injury on weekend nights: analysis of alcohol and racial differences

Effects of enhanced sanctions for high-BAC DWI offenders on case dispositions and rates of recidivism

Head and neck injuries in fatal motorcycle collisions as determined by detailed autopsy

Injuries to children in forward facing child restraints

Low blood sugar and motor vehicle crashes in persons with type 1 diabetes

Low speed frontal crashes and low speed rear crashes: is there a differential risk for injury?

Observations of seating position of front seat occupants relative to the side of the vehicle

Possibilities for load reductions using garment leg protectors for motorcyclists -- a technical, medical and biomechanical approach

Prediction of cervical spine injury risk for the 6-year-old child in frontal crashes

Prevalence and risk of hospitalized pregnant occupants in car crashes

Psychosocial and physical factors associated with lower extremity injury

Risk of injury to restrained children from passenger airbags

Self-rated driving abilities and risk taking attitudes of newly licensed adolescent drivers

Small female and large male responses in rear impact

The 5(th) percentile dummy in a 56 kmph full-frontal barrier crash test

The influence of harness type on child restraint system misuse

The utility of multi-body modeling for crash reconstruction and medical assessment of injury causation

US Injury trends projected to 2012: the influence of an aging population

Validation of the urgency algorithm for near-side crashes