Preventing motor vehicle injuries

Current Opinion in Pediatrics

Volumn 11, Issue 6, 1999, Pages 583-587

  Durbin, Dennis R ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^b Center for Clinical Epidemiology and Biostatistics   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACCIDENT PREVENTION; ARTICLE; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMAN; LAW; POLICY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEATBELT; TRAFFIC ACCIDENT; TRAFFIC SAFETY;

ACCIDENTS, TRAFFIC; AIR BAGS; CHILD; HUMANS; PROTECTIVE DEVICES; SEAT BELTS;

EID: 0032733108     PISSN: 10408703     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00008480-199912000-00020     Document Type: Article

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