Long-term effects of legislation and local promotion of child restraint use in motor vehicles in Sweden

Accident Analysis and Prevention

Volumn 33, Issue 6, 2001, Pages 793-797

  Ekman, R ^a,b   Welander, G ^a,b   Svanstrom L ^a   Schelp, L ^a,c  

^a KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

^b Falköping Safe Community and WHO Secretariat   (Sweden)

^c SWEDISH INSTITUTE FOR INFECTIOUS DISEASE CONTROL   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Child restraint; Childhood injury prevention; Motor vehicle related injury; Program evaluation

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CAR; CAUSE OF DEATH; CHILD; EQUIPMENT; FEMALE; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMAN; INFANT; INJURY; LEGAL ASPECT; MALE; MORTALITY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; SEATBELT; SWEDEN; TRAFFIC ACCIDENT;

ACCIDENTS, TRAFFIC; ADOLESCENT; AUTOMOBILES; CAUSE OF DEATH; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT EQUIPMENT; MALE; SEAT BELTS; SWEDEN; WOUNDS AND INJURIES;

EID: 0035497769     PISSN: 00014575     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0001-4575(00)00093-2     Document Type: Article

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