BMI and risk of serious upper body injury following motor vehicle crashes: concordance of real-world and computer-simulated observations.

BMI and risk of serious upper body injury following motor vehicle crashes: concordance of real-world and computer-simulated observations.

Men tend to have more upper body mass and fat than women, a physical characteristic that may predispose them to severe motor vehicle crash (MVC) injuries, particularly in certain body regions. This study examined MVC-related regional body injury and its association with the presence of driver obesit...

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Main Authors: Shankuan Zhu, Jong-Eun Kim, Xiaoguang Ma, Alan Shih, Purushottam W Laud, Frank Pintar, Wei Shen, Steven B Heymsfield, David B Allison
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2010-03-01
Series:PLoS Medicine
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC2846859?pdf=render

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