Effect of seating position and restraint use on injuries to children in motor vehicle crashes

Pediatrics

Volumn 105, Issue 4 I, 2000, Pages 831-835

  Berg, Marc D ^a,d   Cook, Lawrence ^c   Corneli, Howard M ^b   Vernon, Donald D ^a,c   Dean, J Michael ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF UTAH   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF UTAH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF UTAH   (United States)

^d PRIMARY CHILDREN'S MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Children; Injury; Motor vehicle crashes; Rear seat; Restraints; Seat belt usage

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; BLEEDING; CHILD; CHILDHOOD INJURY; FRACTURE; GROUPS BY AGE; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTECTIVE EQUIPMENT; SAFETY; SEAT; SEATBELT; TRAFFIC ACCIDENT; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0034006890     PISSN: 00314005     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1542/peds.105.4.831     Document Type: Article

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