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Traffic Injury Prevention Volume 18, 2017 - Issue sup1: Peer-Reviewed Journal for the 25th International Technical Conference on the Enhanced Safety of Vehicles (ESV)
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Energy attenuation performance of impact protection worn by motorcyclists in real-world crashes

Bianca AlbaneseNeuroscience Research Australia, Sydney, Australia
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Tom GibsonHuman Impact Engineering, Sydney, Australia
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Tom WhyteHuman Impact Engineering, Sydney, Australia
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Lauren MeredithNeuroscience Research Australia, Sydney, Australia
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Giovanni SavinoUniversity of Florence, Florence, Italy
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Liz de RomeNeuroscience Research Australia, University of New South Wales, Sydney, Australia
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Matthew BaldockCentre for Automotive Safety Research, University of Adelaide, Adelaide, Australia
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Michael FitzharrisAccident Research Centre, Monash University, Melbourne, AustraliaORCID Iconhttp://orcid.org/0000-0002-3691-6868
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Julie BrownNeuroscience Research Australia, Sydney, Australia;School of Medical Science, University of New South Wales, Sydney, AustraliaCorrespondence[email protected]
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Pages S116-S121 | Received 19 Dec 2016, Accepted 21 Mar 2017, Published online: 28 Apr 2017

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