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9781860582400

Child Occupant Protection in Motor Vehicle Crashes

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  • ISBN13:

    9781860582400

  • ISBN10:

    1860582400

  • Edition: 1st
  • Format: Hardcover
  • Copyright: 1999-11-05
  • Publisher: WILEY

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Advances in child passenger safety

Child Occupant Protection in Motor Vehicle Crashes presents a collection of research into the advancement of safety measures to keep child passengers safe. Seeking a deeper understanding of children's' biochemical responses and tolerance limits, the work presented here aims to find solutions to persistent problems including out-of-position child occupants and complex pediatric injuries. Featuring the latest data from laboratory child restraint system testing, this book provides insight to guide community education and future research.

Author Biography

PEP - Professional Engineering Publishers - is the author of Child Occupant Protection in Motor Vehicle Crashes, published by Wiley.

Table of Contents

Preface
Characteristics of children in rollover collisionsp. 3
Head injuries to motor vehicle occupants aged 0-5 yearsp. 17
Accuracy of police crash reports in determining child restraint usage and injury severity in the United Statesp. 29
Injury risks of children in cars depending on the type of restraintp. 37
Patterns of inappropriate restraint for children in crashesp. 59
Determinants of injury severity with child exposure to passenger air bag deploymentp. 71
Mechanisms of lap belt and airbag injuries in childrenp. 81
Biomechanical tolerance criteria for paediatric populationsp. 97
Viscoelastic characterization of the hybrid III three-year-old and Q3 dummy necksp. 113
Comparison of the Q3 and hybrid III three-year-old dummy head and neck response during side air bag loadingp. 131
Comparison of the Q3 and P3 dummy kinematics and kinetics in frontal and oblique impactsp. 145
An improved ISOFIX system for rearward-facing child seatsp. 161
Child safety seat misuse - influence of harness type and accuracy of parental reportp. 165
Changes in occupant restraint use among children aged 0-14 years: United States, 1993-1997p. 169
Authors' Indexp. 171
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