Showing (motor vehicle) restraint: A primer for emergency physicians

Clinical Pediatric Emergency Medicine

Volumn 4, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 90-102

  Arbogast, Kristy B ^a   Cornejo, Rebecca A ^a   Morris, Shannon D ^a   Winston, Flaura K ^a   Durbin, Dennis R ^a,b  

^a CHILDREN S HOSPITAL OF PHILADELPHIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACCIDENT PREVENTION; CAREGIVER; CHILD; CHILDHOOD INJURY; EMERGENCY MEDICINE; EMERGENCY WARD; FAMILY; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; HEALTH CARE NEED; HUMAN; MEDICAL INFORMATION; MORTALITY; PARENT COUNSELING; PATIENT CARE; PROTECTIVE EQUIPMENT; REVIEW; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEAT; SEATBELT; TRAFFIC ACCIDENT; TRAFFIC SAFETY;

EID: 0038053158     PISSN: 15228401     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1522-8401(03)00017-X     Document Type: Article

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