Parental report of child restraint device use in an emergency department population

Journal of Emergency Medicine

Volumn 24, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 247-251

  Funk, Deborah L ^a,b   McErlean, Mara ^a   Verdile, Vincent P ^a  

^a ALBANY MEDICAL COLLEGE   (United States)

^b Department of Emergency Medicine ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

Child restraint device; Injury prevention; Motor vehicle crashes

Indexed keywords

ACCIDENT PREVENTION; AGE; ARTICLE; CHILD RESTRAINT DEVICE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEVICE; EMERGENCY WARD; HUMAN; PARENT; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SINGLE PARENT; SOCIOECONOMICS;

EID: 0037382059     PISSN: 07364679     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0736-4679(03)00002-7     Document Type: Article

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