Child seating position and restraint use in three states

Injury Prevention

Volumn 6, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 24-28

  Ferguson, Susan A ^a   Wells, JoAnn K ^a   Williams, Allan F ^a  

^a Insurance Institute for Highway Safety ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

Motor vehicle crashes; Restraints; Seating position

Indexed keywords

ACCIDENT PREVENTION; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARTICLE; CAR; CHILD; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; EQUIPMENT; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INFANT; INJURY; MALE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PROTECTIVE EQUIPMENT; REPRODUCIBILITY; RISK FACTOR; SEATBELT; STATISTICS; TRAFFIC ACCIDENT; UNITED STATES; URBAN POPULATION; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

ACCIDENT PREVENTION; ACCIDENTS, TRAFFIC; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AIR BAGS; AUTOMOBILES; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CONFIDENCE INTERVALS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; INFANT; INFANT EQUIPMENT; MALE; MICHIGAN; NORTH CAROLINA; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; RISK FACTORS; SEAT BELTS; TEXAS; URBAN POPULATION; WOUNDS AND INJURIES;

EID: 0034154298     PISSN: 13538047     EISSN: 14755785     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/ip.6.1.24     Document Type: Article

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