Airbags & children: Making correct choices in child passenger restraints

MCN The American Journal of Maternal Child Nursing

Volumn 27, Issue 5, 2002, Pages 264-273

  Kamerling, Susan Nudelman ^a  

^a CHILDREN S HOSPITAL OF PHILADELPHIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Airbags; Car seats; Child passenger safety; Child safety seats; Occupant safety; Seat belts

Indexed keywords

AGE; CHILD; CHILD WELFARE; EQUIPMENT; HUMAN; PROTECTIVE EQUIPMENT; REVIEW; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SEATBELT; STANDARD; STATISTICS; TRAFFIC ACCIDENT; UNITED STATES;

ACCIDENTS, TRAFFIC; AGE FACTORS; AIR BAGS; CHILD; CHILD WELFARE; HUMANS; INFANT EQUIPMENT; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS; SEAT BELTS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0042815058     PISSN: 0361929X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00005721-200209000-00004     Document Type: Article

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