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Original Articles

Optimized Lower Leg Injury Probability Curves From Postmortem Human Subject Tests Under Axial Impacts

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Pages S151-S156 | Received 18 Mar 2014, Accepted 11 Jun 2014, Published online: 11 Oct 2014

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