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Klappentext This text is a collecton of papers organized by the European Vehicle Passive Safety Network! AAAM and IRCOBI! held in Spain in September 1999. Topics discussed include the characteristics of children in rollover collisons and patterns of inappropriate restraint for children in crashes. Zusammenfassung This text is a collecton of papers organized by the European Vehicle Passive Safety Network! AAAM and IRCOBI! held in Spain in September 1999. Topics discussed include the characteristics of children in rollover collisons and patterns of inappropriate restraint for children in crashes. Inhaltsverzeichnis Injuries to children accidents: characteristics of children in rollover collisions; head injuries to motor vehicle occupants aged 0-5 years; accuracy of police crash reports in determining child restraint usage and injury severity in the United States; injury of children in cars depending on the type of restraint. The use of CARS and protection: patterns of inappropriate restraint for children in crashes; determinants of injury severity with child exposure to passenger air bag deployment; mechanisms of lap belt an airbag injuries in children. test procedures! tools and biomechanics: biomechanical tolerance criteria for paediatric populations; viscoelastic characterisations of the hybrid III three-year old and Q3 dummy necks; comparison of the Q3 and hybrid III - three-year-old dummy head and neck response during side air bag loading; comparisons of the Q3 and P3 dummy kinematics and kinetics in frontal and oblique impacts. Poster papers: an improved ISOFIX system for rearward-facing child seats; child safety seat misuse - influence of harness type and accuracy of parental report; changes in occupant restraint use among children aged 0-14 years - United States! 1993-1997.
