Ejections of young children in motor vehicle crashes

Journal of Trauma

Volumn 55, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 126-129

  Howard, Andrew ^a   McKeag, Ali Moses ^a   Rothman, Linda ^a   Comeau, Jean Louis ^b   Monk, Brian ^b   German, Alan ^b  

^a HOSPITAL FOR SICK CHILDREN   (Canada)

^b TRANSPORT CANADA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACCIDENT PREVENTION; ARTICLE; CHILD; CHILDHOOD INJURY; CLINICAL TRIAL; FATALITY; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MULTICENTER STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SAFETY; SEAT; SEATBELT; TRAFFIC ACCIDENT; TRAFFIC SAFETY; CANADA; EQUIPMENT; INJURY; MORTALITY; NEWBORN; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; PROTECTIVE EQUIPMENT; STATISTICS;

ACCIDENTS, TRAFFIC; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; EQUIPMENT FAILURE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; ONTARIO; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; PROTECTIVE DEVICES; WOUNDS AND INJURIES;

EID: 0038448068     PISSN: 00225282     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.TA.0000037335.24174.28     Document Type: Article

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