Impairment scaling from the abbreviated injury scale

Hirsch, Arthur E.; Eppinger, Rolf H.

Affiliations

¹CHI Associates, Inc., Arlington, VA

²National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, U.S. Department of Transportation, Washington, DC

Abstract

This study represents the results of an initial attempt to develop each injury listed in the AIS manual into an coded form which describes both short and long term consequences of the injuries so as to provide a critically needed impairment data base.

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