All-terrain vehicle rules and regulations: Impact on pediatric mortality

Journal of Pediatric Surgery

Volumn 38, Issue 9, 2003, Pages 1284-1286

  Upperman, Jeffrey S ^a   Shultz, Barbara ^b   Gaines, Barbara A ^b   Hackam, David ^b   Cassidy, Laura D ^b   Ford, Henri R ^b   Helmkemp, James ^b  

^a CHILDREN S HOSPITAL OF PITTSBURGH   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

All terrain vehicles; Consumer Product Safety; Off road motor vehicles; Trauma

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CERTIFICATION; CHILDHOOD MORTALITY; HUMAN; LAW; LEGAL ASPECT; MOTOR VEHICLE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REGULATORY MECHANISM; SAFETY; TRAFFIC ACCIDENT; TRAUMATOLOGY; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0141677051     PISSN: 00223468     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0022-3468(03)00383-X     Document Type: Article

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