Increasing car seat use for toddlers from inner-city families

American Journal of Public Health

Volumn 87, Issue 6, 1997, Pages 1044-1045

  Louis, Barbara ^a   Lewis, Michael ^a  

^a ROBERT WOOD JOHNSON MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACCIDENT PREVENTION; ARTICLE; CAR DRIVING; EDUCATION; EPIDEMIOLOGY; HUMAN; LOWEST INCOME GROUP; PRESCHOOL CHILD; RISK FACTOR; TRAFFIC ACCIDENT;

EID: 0030871775     PISSN: 00900036     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2105/AJPH.87.6.1044     Document Type: Article

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