Child restraint device use in patients leaving a children's hospital

Archives of Pediatrics and Adolescent Medicine

Volumn 150, Issue 12, 1996, Pages 1284-1287

  Zempsky, William T ^a,b   Isaacman, Daniel J ^a   Sullivan, Kevin M ^b   Sipp, Nia ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b EMORY UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c EMORY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHILD CARE; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMMOBILIZATION STRESS; INCOME; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PATIENT EDUCATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TECHNICAL AID; URBAN POPULATION;

EID: 0029856406     PISSN: 10724710     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/archpedi.1996.02170370062010     Document Type: Article

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