Effects and costs of requiring child-restraint systems for young children traveling on commercial airplanes

Archives of Pediatrics and Adolescent Medicine

Volumn 157, Issue 10, 2003, Pages 969-974

  Newman, Thomas B ^a   Johnston, Brian D ^b   Grossman, David C ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AIRCRAFT; ARTICLE; AVIATION; CAUSE OF DEATH; CHILD; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; DRIVING ABILITY; ECONOMIC ASPECT; GOVERNMENT; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HUMAN; IMMOBILIZATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEAT; UNITED STATES;

ACCIDENT PREVENTION; ACCIDENTS, TRAFFIC; AIRCRAFT; AUTOMOBILES; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT EQUIPMENT; INFANT WELFARE; INFANT, NEWBORN; RESTRAINT, PHYSICAL; RISK; RISK REDUCTION BEHAVIOR; SEAT BELTS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0141484524     PISSN: 10724710     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/archpedi.157.10.969     Document Type: Article

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