@article{ref1,
title="A Descriptive Study of Pediatric Injury Patterns From the National Automotive Sampling System",
journal="Annual proceedings of the Association for the Advancement of Automotive Medicine",
year="1998",
author="Jolly, B. T. and Newgard, C.",
volume="42",
number="",
pages="1-14",
abstract="This study describes information from the National Automotive Sampling System for injury mechanisms in the pediatric age group (age 0-16). The total number of pediatric cases in the NASS database for this three-year sampling period is 2,141 (weighted 591,084). No restraint use was identified in 23-43% of the children. For age less than 1 year, 60% of patients suffer a facial injury. Head injuries make up only 10% of the total injuries, but are severe. For those age 1-4 years, abdominal injuries and lower extremity injuries begin to appear. For those age 5-10 years, the predominant change over younger occupants is the proportion of spinal injuries. By age 11-16, injuries to the spine, upper extremities, and lower extremities outnumber injuries to the face and head. However, in this population, the greatest proportions of AIS 3-5 injuries still occur to the head and abdomen.   <p>Language: en</p>",
language="en",
issn="1540-0360",
doi="",
url="http://dx.doi.org/"
}