Reduced fatalities related to rear seat shoulder belts

Injury Prevention

Volumn 5, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 62-64

  Robertson, Leon S ^a  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Belt use; Child restraints; Seat belts; Vehicle restraint effectiveness

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CHILD; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFANT; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MORTALITY; NEWBORN; PRESCHOOL CHILD; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RISK FACTOR; SEATBELT; TRAFFIC ACCIDENT; UNITED STATES;

ACCIDENTS, TRAFFIC; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RISK FACTORS; SEAT BELTS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0033094041     PISSN: 13538047     EISSN: 14755785     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/ip.5.1.62     Document Type: Article

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