Anticipatory guidance about child safety seat misuse: Lessons from safety seat 'checkups'

Archives of Pediatrics and Adolescent Medicine

Volumn 154, Issue 6, 2000, Pages 606-609

  Kohn, Melvin ^a,c   Chausmer, Kerry ^a,b   Flood, M Holly ^a,c   Kohn, Mclvin ^c  

^a TULANE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b Louisiana SAFE KIDS Coalition   (United States)

^c OREGON PUBLIC HEALTH DIVISION   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACCIDENT PREVENTION; ARTICLE; CHILD CARE; HEALTH EDUCATION; HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEATBELT; TRAFFIC ACCIDENT;

EID: 0034129925     PISSN: 10724710     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/archpedi.154.6.606     Document Type: Article

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