Where children sit in motor vehicles: A comparison of selected European and American cities

Injury Prevention

Volumn 4, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 98-102

  Segui Gomez, Maria ^a   Glass, Roberta ^a   Graham, John D ^a  

^a HARVARD CENTER FOR RISK ANALYSIS   (United States)

Author keywords

Motor vehicle; Seating position

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CAR; CHILD; COMPARATIVE STUDY; EUROPE; HUMAN; INFANT; LEGAL ASPECT; PRESCHOOL CHILD; SEATBELT; STATISTICAL MODEL; STATISTICS; UNITED STATES; URBAN POPULATION;

AUTOMOBILES; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; EUROPE; HUMANS; INFANT; LOGISTIC MODELS; SEAT BELTS; UNITED STATES; URBAN POPULATION;

EID: 0032104973     PISSN: 13538047     EISSN: 14755785     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/ip.4.2.98     Document Type: Article

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