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Chest injuries of elderly postmortem human surrogates (PMHSs) under seat belt and airbag loading in frontal sled impacts: Comparison to matching THOR tests

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Pages S55-S63 | Received 29 Apr 2018, Accepted 25 Oct 2018, Published online: 13 Dec 2018

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