TY  - JOUR
PY  - 2001//
TI  - Death by degrees
JO  - Popular mechanics
A1  - Wilson, Jim
SP  - 76
EP  - 77
VL  - 128
IS  - 9
N2  - General Motors has developed a sensor and warning system to sound an alarm whenever a child in a car is in danger of heatstroke. The author notes that, since 1996, over 120 children, mostly under 3 years of age, have died of hypothermia in parked vehicles. The article discusses how to determine if the temperature in an automobile is too hot for a child (utilizing, among other types of information, the surface area of the child relative to his/her weight); how tests were conducted to develop a warning system (use of healthy college student volunteers); and reminds readers that when it is 80 degrees outside, the temperature inside a car can reach well over 100 degrees.         KW: Hyperthermia in automobiles; Children; Fatalities; Heat; Sensors; Temperature; Tests; Vehicle safety; Warning systems<p />  <p>Language: en</p>
LA  - en
SN  - 0032-4558
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/
ID  - ref1
ER  -