The danger of premature graduation to seat belts for young children

Pediatrics

Volumn 105, Issue 6, 2000, Pages 1179-1183

  Winston, Flaura K ^a,b   Durbin, Dennis R ^a   Kallan, Michael J ^a   Moll, Elisa K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^b CHILDREN S HOSPITAL OF PHILADELPHIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Booster seat; Child safety seat; Motor vehcile safety; Seat belt

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INTERVIEW; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK; SAFETY; SEATBELT INJURY; TRAFFIC ACCIDENT;

EID: 0034076893     PISSN: 00314005     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1542/peds.105.6.1179     Document Type: Article

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