Title Study of head injuries in children / K.A. McCaul ... [and others]

Published [Canberra] : Transport and Communications, Federal Office of Road Safety, 1988

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Description 15 pages, 5 unnumbered pages, 21 pages : illustrations ; 30 cm Series CR, 0810-770X ; 64 CR ; 64 Summary The literature describing the biomechanical response of children to impact is reviewed. The results of a computer simulation of a real child pedestrian impact using the computer program MADYMO are presented. The results of this semulation show good agreement with currently accepted tolerance levels for head impact in children.Head injury. Road accident. Pedestrian. Anthropometry Impact tolerance. Computer simulation. Biomechanics Notes At foot of title: NH & MRC Road Accident Research Unit, University of Adelaide Bibliography: p. 13-14 Bibliography Bibliography: pages 13-14 Notes CR no:64 0810-770X Subject Children's accidents. Crash injuries -- Data processing. Crash injuries. Head -- Wounds and injuries. Impact -- Physiological effect. Information storage and retrieval systems -- Traffic accidents. Pedestrian accidents. Traffic accidents -- Data processing. Traffic safety and children. Author McCaul, K. A Australia. Federal Office of Road Safety. ISSN 0810-770X ISBN 0642510911

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