Booster seats for child passengers: Lessons for increasing their use

Injury Prevention

Volumn 7, Issue 3, 2001, Pages 210-213

  Rivara, F P ^a   Bennett, E ^b   Crispin, B ^b   Kruger, K ^c   Ebel, B ^a   Sarewitz, A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^b SEATTLE CHILDREN S RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^c Safety Restraint Coalition   (United States)

Author keywords

Child passengers; Motor vehicle; Seat belts

Indexed keywords

AGE; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; BODY WEIGHT; CHILD; EQUIPMENT; FEMALE; HEALTH EDUCATION; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MALE; METHODOLOGY; PARENT; PRESCHOOL CHILD; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

AGE FACTORS; BODY WEIGHT; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; FOCUS GROUPS; HEALTH EDUCATION; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; INFANT EQUIPMENT; MALE; PARENTS;

EID: 0035462676     PISSN: 13538047     EISSN: 14755785     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/ip.7.3.210     Document Type: Article

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