Seating positions and children's risk of dying in motor vehicle crashes

Injury Prevention

Volumn 4, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 181-187

  Braver, Elisa R ^a   Whitfield, Randy ^b   Ferguson, Susan A ^a  

^a Insurance Institute for Highway Safety ^*  (United States)

^b Quality Control Systems Corp   (United States)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BODY POSTURE; CAUSE OF DEATH; CHILD; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFANT; MALE; MORTALITY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PROTECTIVE EQUIPMENT; REGISTER; RISK; RISK ASSESSMENT; SAFETY; SEATBELT; SURVIVAL RATE; TRAFFIC ACCIDENT; UNITED STATES;

ACCIDENTS, TRAFFIC; AIR BAGS; CAUSE OF DEATH; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CONFIDENCE INTERVALS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; ODDS RATIO; POSTURE; REGISTRIES; RISK ASSESSMENT; SAFETY; SEAT BELTS; SURVIVAL RATE; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0032160181     PISSN: 13538047     EISSN: 14755785     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/ip.4.3.181     Document Type: Article

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