Child passenger safety: Decisions about seating location, airbag exposure, and restraint use

Risk Analysis

Volumn 20, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 521-527

  Glass, Roberta J ^a   Segui Gomez, Maria ^b   Graham, John D ^a  

^a HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^b JOHNS HOPKINS BLOOMBERG SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

Children; Fatality; Motor vehicle; Restraint systems; Seating position

Indexed keywords

ACCIDENT PREVENTION; AUTOMOBILE AIR BAGS; AUTOMOBILE SEATS; DECISION MAKING; SAFETY FACTOR;

FATALITY RISKS;

RISK ASSESSMENT;

ACCIDENT; ROAD TRANSPORT; SAFETY;

ARTICLE; CHILD; CHILD CARE; CHILDHOOD MORTALITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DECISION MAKING; FATALITY; HEALTH EDUCATION; HUMAN; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MOTOR VEHICLE; PROTECTIVE EQUIPMENT; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEAT; SEATBELT; TRAFFIC ACCIDENT; TRAFFIC SAFETY; UNITED STATES;

ACCIDENTS, TRAFFIC; AGE FACTORS; AIR BAGS; AUTOMOBILES; CHILD; CHILD WELFARE; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CHOICE BEHAVIOR; CONFIDENCE INTERVALS; DECISION MAKING; HEALTH EDUCATION; HUMANS; INFANT; LOGISTIC MODELS; MORTALITY; ODDS RATIO; RISK ASSESSMENT; SAFETY; SEAT BELTS; UNITED STATES; WOUNDS AND INJURIES;

EID: 0034581504     PISSN: 02724332     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/0272-4332.204049     Document Type: Article

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