Crash proof kids? An overview of current motor vehicle child occupant safety strategies

Current Problems in Pediatric and Adolescent Health Care

Volumn 33, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 38-55

  Ebel, Beth E ^a,b   Grossman, David C ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHILD; CHILD DEATH; CHILD HEALTH; CHILDHOOD INJURY; COUNSELING; DISABILITY; DRUNKEN DRIVING; GOVERNMENT; HEALTH CARE ORGANIZATION; HEALTH PRACTITIONER; HEALTH PROGRAM; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMAN; INTERNET; LAW; MEDICAL INFORMATION; PATIENT CARE; PROTECTIVE EQUIPMENT; REVIEW; SEATBELT; TRAFFIC ACCIDENT; TRAFFIC SAFETY;

EID: 0037296526     PISSN: 15385442     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1067/mps.2003.4     Document Type: Review

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