Assessing child restraint misuse by parental survey

Injury Prevention

Volumn 6, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 145-147

  Arbogast, Kristy B ^a   Durbin, Dennis R ^b   Morris, Shannon D ^a   Winston, Flaura Koplin ^a  

^a CHILDREN S HOSPITAL OF PHILADELPHIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Child restraint; Misuse; Motor vehicle safety; Telephone interview

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; EQUIPMENT; HUMAN; PARENT; PILOT STUDY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; EQUIPMENT FAILURE; HUMANS; INFANT EQUIPMENT; PARENTS; PILOT PROJECTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 0034199385     PISSN: 13538047     EISSN: 14755785     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/ip.6.2.145     Document Type: Article

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