The biomechanical basis for chest impact protection:​ force-deflection characteristics of the thorax

Nahum, Alan M.; Gadd, Charles W.; Schneider, Dennis C.; Kroell, Charles K.

Affiliations

¹Department of Surgery, School of Medicine, University of California, San Diego

²General Motors Research Laboratories, Warren, Michigan

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DOI: 10.1097/00005373-197110000-00009

PubMed: 5094760

WoS: A1971K753500010

Ovid: 00005373-197110000-00009

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